With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Cast
Elizabeth Holmes
Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Dan Ariely
Self - Behavioral Economist
Roger Parloff
Self - Fortune
Ken Auletta
Self - The New Yorker
Erika Cheung
Self - Lab Associate
Cheryl Gafner
Self - Receptionist
Dave Philippides
Self - Engineer
Douglas Matje
Self - Biochemist
Ryan Wistort
Self - Research & Development
Tony Nugent
Self - Vice President, Product Development
Phyllis Gardner
Self - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Channing Robertson
Self - Theranos Advisor
Don Lucas
Self - Investor
Tim Draper
Self - Investor
Tyler Shultz
Self - Research Engineer
Rochelle Gibbons
Self - Ian Gibbons' Wife
Matt Hernan
Self - Facilities Coordinator
Patrick O'Neill
Self - Chief Creative Officer
Errol Morris
Self
Stephanie Seitz
Self
Serena Stewart
Self - Phlebotomy Trainer
John Carreyrou
Self - The Wall Street Journal, Author, Bad Blood
David Boies III
Self - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Ramesh Balwani
Self - President and Chief Operating Officer (archive footage)
Pattie Sellers
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Rose
Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage)
George Shultz
Self (archive footage)
James Mattis
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Joe Biden
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Rupert Murdoch
Self (archive footage)
Heather King
Self (archive footage)
Sanjay Gupta
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Alex Gibney
Director, Writer, Producer
Andy Grieve
Editor
Alexis Johnson
Co-Editor
Lincoln Else
Director of Photography
Antonio Rossi
Director of Photography
Graydon Carter
Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham
Executive Producer
Sara Bernstein
Executive Producer
Stacey Offman
Co-Executive Producer
Richard Perello
Co-Executive Producer
Erin Edeiken
Producer
Jessie Deeter
Producer
Ophelia Harutyunyan
Associate Producer
Monica Mayorga
Production Design
Will Bates
Original Music Composer
Chris Kasick
Creative Consultant
Jessica Sanders
Creative Consultant
Peter Elkind
Consulting Producer
Nick Bilton
Consulting Producer
Charlie Beyer
Additional Photography
Derek Ng
Additional Photography
Charlotte Kaufman
Additional Photography
Jason Blalock
Drone Cinematographer
Allie Leone
Art Direction
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