Alive And Well: Medtech Under The Microscope

Despite a reputation for being high-risk, the MedTech sector boasts above-average historical returns, strong returns on capital, and innovations that can improve quality of life. CampdenFO looks at three families that have ‘hit the vein’

When Elizabeth Holmes (pictured right) was a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford University in 2003, she decided to drop out and start her own company, Theranos. Through her proprietary blood-testing device, which requires a few drops of blood rather than cumbersome vials, she became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire.

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