In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University to start Theranos, a company that was going to revolutionise healthcare.

For a while, she had everyone convinced that that’s exactly what she was doing.

By 2014, her company was valued at $9 billion, making Holmes – described by some as “the next Steve Jobs” – the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world.

Two years later, everything came crashing down.

All of this and more has been covered in the new documentary, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney.

Check out the trailer:

The doccie contains never-before-seen footage and testimony from key insiders, who shed some light on one of the biggest Silicon Valley scams ever.

With all the drama of a real-life heist film, the untitled documentary will examine how this could have happened and who is responsible, while exploring the psychology of deception.

If you liked the Fyre documentary, then this one is for you.

[source:hbo]