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The Youngest Richest Female in US Starts From Blood Testing

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Recently, according to Forbes, in the 2015 United States women's business wealth ranking list, 31 years old Elizabeth Holmes becomes the youngest richest female with a wealth of $45 million (about RMB 290 billion).

Elizabeth's huge wealth starts from the blood test company she founded when dropping out of university. In 2003, the 20-year-old Elizabeth used the money she saved in University to found the blood test company Theranos in California. After ten years of rapid development, it is reported that the company has more than $400 million in financing, so that the 10-year-old company now has a valuation of up to $9 billion. Elizabeth has more than half of the company's shares, so her personal wealth rose to $4.5 billion.

In 2003, as a sophomore, she dropped out from Stanford University in the United States and established Theranos blood testing company. The main technology of the company is very simple: you can do hundreds of different body test with just a few drops of blood from the top of your finger and a very low price.

Compared to traditional ways that frequently requires a vial of blood pumping and a expensive cost, her innovative method is obviously more promising. In addition, this innovative blood detection method can get results faster and is more accurate, so it seems to be remarkable.

By 2013, Elizabeth has 8100 chain stores in the United States. The largest drug retail stores in the United States Walgreens also decided to set up a Theranos health center in its pharmacy. And the number of such testing center has now expanded to 21. At the same time, the company is also working with pharmaceutical companies in the clinical rapid increase in blood test results, which is one of the sources of the company's revenue.

Elizabeth described the testing as, compared to ways in the past, people can be more clearly, more convenient and more affordable for blood testing. Let the patient directly get their blood test results, it is also very important. Last April, a government regulation that the patient may not be authorized to see the test results of the test results.

Theranos with its fast, low-cost product advantages and the purpose of enhancing patient experience, they will have the opportunity to subvert this all, while Elizabeth's aura will be greater and her wealth is also rising!