At Theranos, Many Strategies and Snags
Does the composition of Theranos&#x27; board strike anyone else as very weird? It seems much more like the board of a foreign policy think thank than a biotech start up. There are three former cabinet secretaries (state and defense), two former very senior military officers, two former senators (one regarded as a foreign policy expert), a bigshot DC lawyer, and the former CEOs of Bechtel and Wells Fargo. The only physicians are former Senator Frist and a very credentialed epidemiologist, but it&#x27;s not clear to me that either would have much knowledge about laboratory testing.<p>I&#x27;m really curious what the rationale for this board composition is. [Edit: I&#x27;m curious if this is connected to Holmes&#x27; father&#x27;s experience in the foreign policy establishment]