It’s a lesson Elizabeth Holmes learned first-hand after becoming the youngest self-made billionaire in America.
While some of these hardships are, admittedly, the consequences of her own actions, others aren’t.
Here are the tragic details of Elizabeth Holmes.
Indeed, it seems Elizabeth simply went along with all of her parents' wishes.
“Noel programmed Elizabeth to be like me, invent and learn a language.”
This control continued well into Elizabeth’s later years, per Dr. Fuisz.
“I decided that I was going to build a life by building this company,” she said.
Instead, she said he began to abuse her, both verbally and physically.
Balwani would reportedly mock her business decisions, control what she ate, and even criticize how she looked.
Holmes also said she was manipulated into blindly believing everything Balwani told her about Theranos' operations.
According to Ian’s wife, Rochelle Gibbons, the company was trying to silence its top scientist.
Then, in 2013, Theranos allegedly decided it no longer wanted him involved in any way.
Gibbons overdosed on acetaminophen that very night and died 8 days later.
Indeed, upon learning the news of her pregnancy that March, the prosecution was openly frustrated.
“It wasn’t planned and I can’t worry about what others think.”
“It was such a beautiful experience in such a horrible time,” she continued.
“I wanted my daughter to have her mother’s milk,” she explained. "
It was important to me because it was a way to love her in here."
“[It] shatters my world every single time,” Holmes said of having to say goodbye.
However, it’s not just painful for her, it also impacts her kiddos deeply.
“It kills me to put my family through pain the way I do.”
TheDailyMailsnapped images of the celebration, which included lots of hugs and lunch at a picnic table outside.
“I love them.”
“It’s surreal,” she toldPeoplein 2025.
“People who have never met me believe so strongly about me.”
And whileHolmes and Jen Shah became fast friends behind bars, the realities of incarceration are anything but light.
“It’s been hell and torture to be here,” she confessed.
“Human beings are not made to be in cells.”
A typical prison day for Holmes started at 5:00 in the morning with breakfast and a 40-minute workout.
She then headed to work, which included teaching French and helping fellow female inmates petition for early release.
Then there’s lunch and dinner, as well as some free time to read and call her family.
