PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Theranos® announced today that Richard M. Kovacevich and General James Mattis were appointed to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Richard Kovacevich served as Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo & Company from 1998-2007 and as Chairman of the Board from 2001-2009. Prior to Wells Fargo, he held executive positions with General Mills and CitiCorp and was President and CEO of Norwest Corporation until its merger with Wells Fargo in 1998. Mr. Kovacevich serves on a number of corporate boards, including Cargill, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc.
General James Mattis is a retired United States Marine Corp general who last served as the 11th commander of the United States Central Command. He previously commanded United States Joint Forces Command and served concurrently as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. General Mattis retired after more than 41 years of service to the nation.
These individuals join existing Theranos Board members Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Henry A. Kissinger; Samuel Nunn; William J. Perry; Gary Roughead; George P. Shultz; and Sunny Balwani, Theranos President and Chief Operating Officer.
Theranos was founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes to empower individuals with actionable health information at the time it matters, enabling early detection and intervention of disease. Today, Theranos is revolutionizing the way that health information is collected, analyzed, and communicated.
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