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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 ...
Following a monthslong battle over CEO Anne Wojcicki’s plans to take 23andMe private, all seven independent members of its board resigned en masse Tuesday.. The move is almost certainly the ...
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. She is a co-founder and board member of the Breakthrough Prize.
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]
Wojcicki told employees she was "surprised and disappointed" by the resignations. 23andMe's entire board of directors resigned over cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki's ongoing plans to take the ...
All seven independent directors of 23andMe’s board resigned on Tuesday, citing disagreements over the chief executive’s plan to take the company private. The departures leave just one sitting ...