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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 ...
Despite 23andMe’s bleak prognosis, Wojcicki, who has helmed the company since its 2006 founding, has not given up. “I think we can navigate and land this plane,” she told Fortune last month ...
Genetic testing firm 23andMe said on Monday it is reducing about 40%, or 200 employees, from its workforce and discontinuing further development of all its therapies as part of a restructuring ...
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 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 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]
Anne Wojcicki wanted to run things—alone. It was 2009 and her startup 23andMe was riding high, fueled by a steady stream of venture money, intriguing personal accounts of genome exploration, and ...
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.