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Anne Wojcicki Biography
Anne Wojcicki,
Anne E. Wojcicki, born in Palo Alto, California in 1973 is an American entrepreneur, 23andMe co-founder and CEO and also a co-founder and board member of the Breakthrough Prize.
Anne Wojcicki attended Jonathan Edwards College, Henry M Gunn High School, and Yale University and is the youngest of three daughters of Esther Wojcicki, an esteemed educator, and Stanley Wojcicki, who holds the title of a physics professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Anne’s heritage reflects her mother’s Jewish American background and her father’s Polish roots. Notably, she has two accomplished sisters: Susan Wojcicki, who serves as the CEO of YouTube and previously held executive positions at Google, and Janet Wojcicki, an anthropologist and epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
Anne’s upbringing was closely tied to the Stanford campus. She began figure skating at the age of two but later switched to ice hockey. During her high school years at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, she gained recognition as an editor for The Oracle, the school newspaper, and even received a scholarship for her sports reporting.
After high school, Anne pursued her education at Yale University, where she not only excelled in competitive ice skating but also contributed to the varsity women’s ice hockey team. In 1996, she graduated with a B.S. in biology. Subsequently, she continued her academic journey, conducting molecular biology research at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, San Diego. Anne Wojcicki’s multifaceted journey reflects her commitment to science and achievement.
Anne Wojcicki Age
Anne Wojcicki was born on 28th July 1973, she is 50 years old as in 2023.
Anne Wojcicki Family
Anne Wojcicki is a member of the well-known Wojcicki family. She was born to parents Esther and Stanley Wojcicki. Anne has siblings, including Susan Diane Wojcicki, who served as the chief executive officer of YouTube, and Janet Wojcicki.
Anne Wojcicki Net Worth
Wojcicki is an American as a businesswoman and entrepreneur she has a net worth of$440 million.
Anne Wojcicki 23andme
The 23andme was founded by Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza and Anne Wojcicki in 2006 to provide genetic testing and interpretation to individual consumers. Google invested US$3,900,000 in the company, along with Genentech, New Enterprise Associates, and Mohr Davidow Ventures in 2007. She was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the time.
In 2007 one of their partner Cusenza left the company and was appointed CEO of Nodal Exchange in 2008. Later Avey also left the company in 2009 and co-founded Curious, Inc. in 2011.
In 2012, the company raised $50 million in a Series D venture round, almost doubling its existing capital of $52.6 million. In 2015, the company raised $115 million in a Series E offering, increasing its total capital to $241 million.
23andMe created a brand marketing advertisement featuring Gru from the movie Despicable Me in June 2017. This year 2018, the company further marketed its brand in advertisements narrated by Warren Buffett.
23andMe was rumored to be raising another $200 million in venture funding with a valuation of $1.5 billion in September 2017, as of that the time (prior to the raise) the company had raised $230 million since it was founded. Afterwards, it was reported that the company raised $250 million, at a valuation $1.75 billion.
On July 25, 2018, the company announced it is partnering with GlaxoSmithKline and will allow the pharmaceutical company to use the test results from 5 million customers to design new drugs. GlaxoSmithKlin invested $300 million in the company.
Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin|Divorce
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki got divorced after eight years of marriage. They got married in 2007 and had two children. The divorce was approved in May by court in Santa Clara County.
The couple separated and Brin had a relationship with another woman at Google who worked in the Glass division,Re/code’s Liz Gannes and Kara Swisher reported at the time.
Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin had a prenuptial agreement in place, so their divorce shouldn’t affect Google very much. The couple reached a settlement for an undisclosed amount of money. Sergey Brin has an estimated net worth of $30 billion.
Anne Wojcicki marriage|Children
Wojcicki was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin in May 2007. The couple have a son, Benji Wojin, born in December 2008, and a daughter, Chloe Wojin, born in late 2011. News reports on August 28, 2013, announced that Wojcicki and Brin were living separately but that they were not legally separated. Later In March 2015, Wojcicki filed for divorce, which was finalized in June 2015.
Anne Wojcicki Email
Email: anne@23andme.com