One of the things that most stands out about Elizabeth Holmes, the former founder and CEO of the (now defunct) health technology company Theranos , was her surprisingly deep baritone voice. Along with her Steve Jobs-style black turtlenecks and signature red lipstick, her voice is definitely the most unique aspect of Elizabeth Holmes, who was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of fraud and conspiracy.
Perhaps for this reason, when a TV series, The Dropout, based on the life of one of Silicon croatia number data Valley's most controversial women, was announced and Amanda Seyfried was set to play the Theranos founder, many people were outraged. Would Seyfried be able to adequately mimic Holmes' distinctive voice? Watching the first trailer for the new Hulu series, it's clear that yes, Seyfried has indeed faithfully recreated Elizabeth Holmes' baritone voice.
Perhaps Elizabeth Holmes’s artificially masculine voice is by no means an exception in a world dominated by men, technology. “When I wanted to be heard at work, I had to speak more slowly and in a deeper way. If you speak in high tones, people don’t listen to you,” Melissa, who has worked as a senior executive at a large technology company for the past 20 years, tells The Guardian .
It is encouraging that television , which for years has ignored women working in the technology arena in its stories, is finally turning its attention to women who have such a hard time making themselves heard in Silicon Valley.
Beyond The Dropout , coming to the small screen this year are Doomsday Machine , a dramatization of Sheryl Sandberg's life as COO of Facebook, and Super Pumped , a series starring Uma Thurman as Arianna Huffington that focuses on the power struggle within Uber.
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Both Sandberg and Huffington have reputations for being extraordinarily ambitious and relentless. But to what extent are women at the top of the corporate ladder working in big tech companies like that?