Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Engaged: Here's What We Know About Her Fiancé
By
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
Published on March 28, 2019
Yes, even she found someone.
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While Elizabeth Holmes was busy scamming the entire health-care tech industry (allegedly), she apparently found the time to
get engaged! The 35-year-old Theranos founder is set to wed William "Billy" Evans.
According to a report from the
Daily Mail, Holmes's fiancé is the 27-year-old heir to the Evans Hotel Group, a collection of hotels in San Diego, California, founded by his grandparents. It's possible they bonded over their shared wealth or interest in tech, as Evans is an MIT grad who worked at Linked In, then Luminar Technologies, a driverless-car start-up. According to
Linked In, Evans stopped working there in January—maybe to spend more time with his bride-to-be while he still can? Holmes is being charged with 11 criminal felony counts, including wire fraud and conspiracy, and could face jail time. Holmes has pleaded not guilty.
While Holmes is awaiting trial, the couple has been living large in a luxury apartment in San Francisco, according to
Vanity Fair, and they even attended Burning Man together just days before Theranos employees were notified the company was officially shutting down. In their San Francisco home, they coparent Holmes's "wolf," Balto. As it turns out, Balto is actually
just a Siberian husky.
Besides her extensive legal troubles, Holmes and Evans sound very happy together. She reportedly wears his M.I.T. signet ring on a necklace (a
unique spin on the traditional
engagement ring, perhaps?) and “the couple regularly post stories on
Instagram professing their love for each other,” says
Vanity Fair. Their accounts are private, but based on screenshots obtained by the magazine, they look blissfuly in love.