Interesting to look intoAnne Wojcicki

➡️ The CEO and co-founder of the start up ‘23andMe’

➡️ She is the former wife of Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google.

➡️ She later went on to date the New York Yankee’s Hitter, Alex Rodriguez. The base ball star has previous links with Madonna, Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz and the like.

➡️She has two older sisters, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube,[3] and Janet Wojcicki, a PhD anthropologist and epidemiologist.

➡️ Childhood & Early Life

Anne Wojcicki was born on July 28, 1973, in San Mateo County, California, USA, to Stanley and Esther Wojcicki. Her mother was Jewish while his father was of Polish origin. She has two sisters, Susan and Janet. Susan grew up to become the CEO of You Tube and Janet is an eminent anthropologist and epidemiologist at the University of California.

➡️ The year 2017 brought on more approvals from the FDA, granting 23andMe approval for ten new tests, including Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, and Gaucher’s disease. With these approvals, the company was able to add the ability to not only inform customers on their heritage and lineage, but also if they were at higher risk for contracting any of these diseases as a result of their DNA patterns.

➡️ The company has turned to an interest in expanding into the lucrative therapeutics market, partnering with GSK in the process. GSK is a company that focuses on oncology, vaccines, HIV, infectious diseases, and more. In 2020, they announced the GSK partnership’s first clinical trial for a drug hoping to improve cancer treatment outcomes.

➡️ The single largest investor in the company is its partner in therapeutic offerings, GSK. Other notable investors include Sequoia Capital and NewView Capital. Sequoia is known for tons of investments, including the jumbo-sized DoorDash IPO in 2020.

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/anne-wojcicki-32796.php

https://public.com/learn/what-to-know-about-the-2021-23andme-ipo

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