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Musk and Holmes share a 'superpower,' says Gibney
Documentary director Alex Gibney, who made films about both Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes, identifies a striking similarity between them.
In brief
Documentary director Alex Gibney, who made films about both Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes, identifies a striking similarity between them. Director Alex Gibney, who documented both Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes, says both used confidence to convince people of things they knew not to be true. Originally reported by…
Gibney made films about both
Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney made the Elizabeth Holmes documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley in two thousand nineteen. His latest documentary is Musk, examining the richest man in the world.
Holmes founded Theranos
Elizabeth Holmes came to prominence in the two thousand tens as founder of Theranos, a health technology company claiming it could run hundreds of medical and diagnostic tests using only a few drops of blood.
Both used confidence as a weapon
Gibney told Business Insider that Musk and Holmes share a superpower. Both were able through force of confidence to convince people of things that they knew not to be true.
“Musk, like Holmes, was able, through force of confidence, to convince people of things that they knew not to be true. That became a superpower.”
The one thing
Director Alex Gibney, who documented both Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes, says both used confidence to convince people of things they knew not to be true.
