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The board and the CEO had been on a collision course for months, with Wojcicki pushing for a plan she had hatched to buy the company and take it private as the company’s valuation dropped from 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.
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 ...
Last week, 23andMe agreed to pay $30 million in cash to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of failing to protect customers whose personal information was exposed in a 2023 data breach.
NEW YORK (AP) — 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs.
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.
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 ...
(Reuters) - Genetic testing firm 23andMe Chief Executive Officer Anne Wojcicki would no longer be open to considering third-party takeover proposals for the company, a regulatory filing showed on ...