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Good morning. I spoke to comedian Nathan Fielder after a recent media screening of You Can See Everything, his absurdist documentary with director Lance Oppenheim that tracks disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes just before she heads off to federal prison. I asked why he\u2019d spent three years on a film that could have come out soon after he\u2019d spent 34 days living with Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two kids. He told me they wanted more material on the couple\u2019s next venture and a clearer picture of Elizabeth Holmes. Who was this woman?<\/p>\n
Journalists love a great character, especially when they go off script. From this trailer alone, it\u2019s clear that Holmes no longer wants to play the billionaire girl genius with a black turtleneck, deep voice, and game-changing technology that could run hundreds of medical tests from a single drop of blood. Now, she\u2019s a clueless eccentric, an innocent in mom jeans with a beatific smile and unblinking eyes fixed on her \u201csoul mate\u201d Evans, a controlling striver who treats us to full-frontal nudity and other helpings of dubious judgment. We meet two cherubic babies\u2014Holmes\u2019s \u201cangels\u201d\u2014whose birth delayed her trial and sentencing. Why not invite a comic to join the family for your last 34 days of freedom, prior to starting a 135-month prison sentence for investor fraud and conspiracy? Crazy kids! Pass the popcorn!<\/p>\n
I like the movie. I also recommend watching Tilda Swinton\u2019s mirror scene in Michael Clayton to get a feel for the self-conscious way in which Holmes rehearsed\u2014and rehearsed\u2014her now-ditched persona modeled on her perception of Steve Jobs. Go look at the number of patients and doctors who were deceived, her clueless star-studded board, the number of people who bought into the dream because they wanted it to be true. (We called her an extraordinary entrepreneur and subsequently challenged her model.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The problem with quirky characters is that they can distract you from important parts of the underlying story. When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan\u2019s show last year, we paid more attention to his \u201cmasculine energy\u201d makeover from nervous-nerd-in-a-hoodie to tech-bro-in-streetwear, complete with a gold chain and luscious curls. The host was too busy discussing bow hunting and jiu-jitsu with Meta\u2019s newly macho main character to delve too much into his controversial policies that later led to an $18 billion settlement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We have an equally kooky cast of characters dominating today\u2019s business discourse. There\u2019s Elon Musk with his erratic X posts, moonshots, and personal push to repopulate the planet; Dario Amodei and Sam Altman publicly debating whether their products will kill us as if such things are beyond their control; Jeff Bezos morphing from a customer-centric everyman to a bulked-up billionaire cruising on half-billion-dollar yachts and sending Katy Perry into space. The stories could practically write themselves, unless we pause to look into what\u2019s really going on.<\/p>\n
Before getting too caught up in Holmes 2.0, though, look at the lies, damage, and corruption that landed this character in jail.<\/p>\n
Contact CEO Daily via Diane Brady at diane.brady@fortune.com<\/p>\n
Top leadership news<\/p>\n
Nvidia CEO is the biggest foil to AI doomerism<\/p>\n
Jensen Huang has repeatedly rejected warnings about AI\u2019s existential threat to humanity, mounting a robust defense for going full speed ahead. In an interview two weeks ago, he said \u201c2030 is not going to be the end of the world.\u201d Earlier in September, Huang also argued that governments should be regulating \u201cactual and pragmatic harm\u201d instead of \u201chypothetical, theoretical harm.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s currency is getting obliterated<\/p>\n
With Iran\u2019s economy in free fall, the country\u2019s currency is getting dragged down too and continues to find new depths with the regime facing a major cash crunch soon. The exchange rate hit more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar, less than a month after its previous record low of 2.2 million on Sept. 2. It was near 1.5 million at the start of this year and at 920,000 in August 2025.<\/p>\n
Where Americans are moving by generation<\/p>\n
According to U-Haul, baby boomers and Gen Xers favor warm, lower-cost destinations in the Southeast. Younger Americans, meanwhile, are still gravitating toward the country\u2019s most populous states and cities. California ranked No. 3 among U-Haul net-gain states for millennials and No. 2 for Gen Z, while Census data show the state\u2019s overall population fell 0.5% between April 2020 and July 2025. <\/p>\n
The markets<\/p>\n
S&P 500 futures are down 0.13% this morning. The last session closed up 0.73%. The STOXX Europe 600 was up 0.33% in early trading. The U.K.\u2019s FTSE 100 was up 0.45% in early trading. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 was up 2.40%. South Korea\u2019s markets are closed. China\u2019s markets are closed. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng was up 0.28%. India\u2019s NIFTY 50 is up 0.58%. Bitcoin is up at $86k.<\/p>\n
Around the watercooler<\/p>\n
MacKenzie Scott\u2019s first novel in 13 years is being called \u2018baffling\u2019\u2014and critics are left asking what message she\u2019s trying to send by Sydney Lake<\/p>\n
Gen Z can\u2019t control the future, so they\u2019re paying witches and tarot readers to make it feel more manageable by Tatiana Sataua<\/p>\n
Meet the \u2018mini Erin Brockoviches\u2019 fighting off eminent domain\u2014and the shadow of Amazon\u2014as a data center hands out $10,000 to their neighbors by Sasha Rogelberg<\/p>\n
Even \u2018Bond King\u2019 Bill Gross warns \u2018don\u2019t own bonds\u2019 as long-term debt enters a new ear of volatility by Jason Ma<\/p>\n
\u2018We need to trust our employees\u2019: This billionaire CEO went from counting cars in the parking lot past 6pm to embracing hybrid work by Preston Fore<\/p>\n
CEO Daily is curated and edited by Joseph Abrams, Jason Ma, Claire Zillman, and Lee Clifford.<\/p>\n
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