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Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer of 23andMe. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group—Getty Images) Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe, the struggling DNA testing company , doesn’t think this is ...
DNA-testing service 23andMe is making substantial efforts to nurse its feeble genetic core back to health. The company will lay off 40% of its workforce, over 200 employees, and cull its therapy ...
Anne E. Wojcicki (/ w uː ˈ tʃ ɪ t s k i / woo-CHITS-kee; [2] born July 28, 1973) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of the personal genomics company 23andMe. She founded the company in 2006 with Linda Avey and Paul Cusenza.
Wojcicki, who has been trying to take the company private since April, proposed to acquire all outstanding shares of 23andMe not owned by her or her affiliates for $0.40 per share, in July. A ...
23andMe's board resigned over a "distracting difference of view" with cofounder Anne Wojcicki. The board rejected an earlier proposal by Wojcicki to take the company private.
In March 2006 Avey, Anne Wojcicki, and Paul Cusenza founded 23andMe, [8] [9] [10] "one of the first, and only, [clarification needed] companies to offer genetic profiles directly to consumers, rather than through doctors or researchers". [11] Avey left the company in 2009. [12] Cusenza had left the company in 2007. [citation needed]
Wojcicki added that 23andMe would immediately be identifying independent directors to join the board. Wojcicki, who holds 49% of the voting power at 23andMe, was the only remaining board member ...
In 2017, a senior student died of suicide. [15] In 2024, a 16-year-old girl, who was a student at Gunn High School died of suicide. [16] [17] In the past decade, attempts have been made to improve the psychological health of students attending the school. [18] [19] [20]