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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.
Anne Wojcicki wanted to run things—alone. It was 2009 and her startup 23andMe was riding high, ... and the death of Susan’s 19-year-old son last winter. Those events helped her focus, ...
Wojcicki (pronounced wo-JIS-kee), who owns 49% of the company, became a billionaire. But since then, 23andMe has struggled to find a sustainable business model. 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne ...
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 ...
Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe, the struggling DNA testing company, doesn’t think this is the right time to examine her leadership style. “What will be most interesting is writing the story in ...
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]
Susan Diane Wojcicki (/ w uː ˈ tʃ ɪ t s k i / woo-CHITS-kee; [1] July 5, 1968 – August 9, 2024) was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022. [2] Wojcicki worked in the technology industry for over twenty years.
Wojcicki is now the only board member left. In an internal memo Wojcicki circulated shortly after the mass resignation, she said the decision left her “surprised and disappointed.” But despite ...