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URamesh “Sunny” Balwani, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu senkampani iTheranos ehlulekile ukuhlola igazi, uzogwetshwa ngoLwesithathu ngamacala okukhwabanisa, okuphawula ukuphela kokuwa kwenkampani endizayo iSilicon Valley okuholele ekugwetshweni okungandile abaphathi ababili bezobuchwepheshe.
Lesi sigwebo siza ngemuva kwamasonto u-Elizabeth Holmes, umsunguli we-Theranos kanye nowayeyintombi kaBalwani, wagwetshwa iminyaka engaphezu kuka-11 ejele.
ITheranos iqoqe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-945 eqenjini labatshalizimali lohlu olu-A ngesithembiso sayo sokuhlolela izimo ezihlukahlukene kusetshenziswa amaconsi ambalwa nje egazi. Ekuphakameni kwayo, le nkampani ibilinganiselwa ku-$9 billion.
Inkampani yaqala ukwehla ngemuva kwe-a Uphenyo lweWall Street Journal ngo-2015 ibike ukuthi i-Theranos ike yenze cishe izivivinyo ezilinganiselwa kumakhulukhulu ezinikezayo isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo bobunikazi, futhi ngokunemba okungabazekayo. Kuphinde kwavela ukuthi iTheranos yayithembele emishinini ekhiqizwe evela eceleni evela ezinkampanini ezihlola igazi zendabuko kunobuchwepheshe bayo. I-Theranos ekugcineni yahlakazwa ngoSepthemba 2018.
Holmes and Balwani baqale bamangalelwa ndawonye eminyakeni emine edlule ngamacala obugebengu ayi-12 afanayo aphathelene nokukhwabanisela abatshalizimali neziguli mayelana namakhono kaTheranos nokusebenzelana kwebhizinisi ukuze athole imali. Izilingo zabo zanqanyulwa ngemva kukaHolmes kukhonjisiwe wayehlose ukusola uBalwani ngokumhlukumeza ngokocansi, ngokomzwelo nangokwengqondo kulo lonke ubudlelwano babo beminyaka eyishumi, obuqondane nesikhathi sakhe ephethe inkampani. (Abameli bakaBalwani baziphikile izimangalo zakhe.)
NgoJulayi, UBalwani utholwe enecala kuwo wonke amacala angu-12 ayebhekene nawo, ahlanganisa namacala ayishumi okukhwabanisa kwezintambo zombuso kanye namabili okwakha itulo lokukhwabanisa. UHolmes watholwa enecala ngoJanuwari ngamacala amane ahlobene nokuqola abatshalizimali, futhi watholwa engenacala kwamanye amacala amathathu okuqola iziguli nelilodwa lokwakha itulo lokuqola iziguli.
NjengoHolmes, u-Balwani wabhekana neminyaka efinyelela kwengu-20 ejele kanye nenhlawulo ka-$250,000 kanye nokubuyiselwa ngecala ngalinye.
Enkulumweni yakamuva, abashushisi baphawule ukuthi uBalwani akatholakalanga enecala lokuqola abatshalizimali kuphela kodwa nokuqola iziguli. Bancoma ukuthi agwetshwe iminyaka engu-15 ejele, kanjalo nomyalelo wokuthi uBalwani akhokhe izigidi ezingu-804 zamaRandi ukuze abuyiselwe. Kwelinye icala, abameli bakaBalwani bacele isigwebo sokuvivinywa, bephawula ukuthi akanawo umlando wobugebengu.
Ngaphambi kokujoyina iTheranos, uBalwani wayenomsebenzi wokuba yisikhulu sesoftware. U-Balwani, oneminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20 ubudala kunoHolmes, waqala ukuhlangana naye ngo-2002 ngaphambi kokuba ashiye eStanford. Usebenze njengomeluleki ongakahleleki kuHolmes ezinsukwini zokuqala zikaTheranos futhi laba bobabili bathandana. U-Balwani waqinisekisa “imalimboleko yezigidi zamadola” ekuqaleni kuka-2009, kubonakala ukufakwa enkantolo, futhi wathatha indima esemthethweni njengomongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sokusebenza. U-Holmes no-Balwani bagcina ubuhlobo babo bothando bufihliwe ngenkathi besebenza ndawonye.
Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lakhe, uHolmes wathi u-Balwani uzame ukulawula cishe yonke into yempilo yakhe – okuhlanganisa nokumqondisa ukudla kwakhe, izwi lakhe kanye nesithombe sakhe, nokumhlukanisa nabanye. Uveze ukuthi nakuba engakulawuli ukusebenzisana kwakhe nabatshalizimali, abalingani bebhizinisi nabanye, “ube nomthelela kuyo yonke into mayelana nokuthi ngingubani, futhi angikuqondi kahle lokho.”
UHolmes kulindeleke ukuthi adlulise icala lakhe kodwa wayalelwa ukuba avalelwe esitokisini ngo-Ephreli 27, 2023.
