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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Stanley Wojcicki was the husband of fellow educator Esther Wojcicki, whom he met at UC Berkeley, and married in 1962. [10] They had three children and ten grandchildren. [11] Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube. [12] Google's first office was started in her home. [7] [11] [13] Janet Wojcicki, assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF. [11]
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 ...