John Carreyrou: "Bad Blood"
LMU Innovation Symposium Keynote Speaker
March 24, 2022
5 - 6:15 p.m.
Join us as we welcome two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Carreyrou to LMU’s Playa Vista Campus for a discussion of his New York Times bestselling book, “Bad Blood,” the story of multibillion-dollar biotech startup Theranos. He is also the creator of the podcast “Bad Blood: The Final Chapter,” the definitive account of Elizabeth Holmes’ recent trial and verdict.
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Confirmed Panelists
Panel 1: Collaboration between Academia and Industry to Train Future Leaders
- Rick Gehringer, CIO, Wedgewood
- Lucas Pierce, Director of Data, Snap
- Abhisek Rath, Senior Global Engagement Manager, AWS ProServe (M&E)
- Ray Toal, Professor and Chair, LMU Department of Computer Science
Panel 2: Organizational Values and Ethics in Technology and Analytics
- Neama Dadkhahnikoo, Product Manager, Google
- Somjita Mitra, Chief Economist, California Department of Finance
- Chris Stern, Managing Director, Trimble Ventures
About "Bad Blood"
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely viewed as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup promised to revolutionize the medical industry by making it easier and faster to test blood for diseases. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes’ worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: the technology didn’t work. “Bad Blood” is the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
For his extensive coverage of Theranos, Carreyrou was awarded the George Polk Award for Financial Reporting, the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism for beat reporting, and the Barlett & Steele Silver Award for Investigative Business Journalism. “Bad Blood” was named one of the best books of 2018 by NPR, New York Times Book Review, Time, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and was the recipient of Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
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Getting Here
The Playa Vista Campus is located at The Brickyard complex in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. A free shuttle service from the LMU Westchester campus is open to the public, and is a convenient option for people commuting between campuses. You can board the shuttle at the University Hall flagpoles, or at Lawton Plaza, just opposite the library. The campus is located on the second floor, and is accessible via Elevator Lobby 1 on the east side of the building, opposite Playa Vista Central Park and above Sweat Yoga. The pedestrian entrance is just west of the corner of S. Lake Center Drive and W. Waterfront Drive.
Paid parking is available at the venue, subject to the property's posted rates. Public entrances to the parking structure are located on W. Waterfront Drive and S. Lake Center Drive. Free street parking is available around complex, but may be limited at peak times.