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Almost two decades after founding , was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison.

The founder of Theranos, which marketed itself as a cheaper, faster and more accessible diagnostic blood testing platform, was found guilty for four counts of criminal fraud in January for defrauding investors, , and wrapping up a trial that started in 2018.

Because Holmes was acquitted of defrauding patients who made medical decisions based on the incomplete platform, the judge chose not to take patient harm into account with regard to her sentence.

The former Silicon Valley darling received around 150 support letters from family members, friends and colleagues, including former investor , until the trial started in 2018. Draper was also one of Theranos鈥檚 first investors.

, an 听1 investor who sits on the board of , and former roommate who co-founded the storytelling platform , Holmes鈥檚 failure could happen to any other founder.

Holmes started Theranos when she was 19 years old and a student at . The company was armed with a board of prolific investors like former secretaries of state and Henry Kissinger as well as funding from the likes of and founder .

Illustration:听Dom Guzman