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Who Is Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner?

An MIT grad from a San Diego family of hoteliers, Evans stood by the Theranos founder’s side during her criminal trial and will look after their two children while she serves more than 11 years in federal prison

Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans in March. Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

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Sara Ashley O’Brien

Nearly six years ago, William “Billy” Evans stopped by a Fleet Week charity event on a San Francisco rooftop that would change the course of his life.

Evans, 25 years old at the time, met a woman wearing a sun hat and oversized glasses and spent hours engrossed in conversation with her. It wasn’t until she gave him her cellphone number, written on the back of a Theranos business card, that he realized who she was.

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