Tyler Shultz was the first to come forward against his former employer. Grandson of Theranos director George Shultz, Tyler had been with the company in the early days and had believed in Elizabeth and her mission.
But when he started to discover the corners that Theranos was cutting and the implications, he turned on the company. He informed regulators of what he had witnessed in the labs at Theranos. He wasn’t the only whistleblower to come forward but he was the first to expose the company.