Anne Wojcicki
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Anne Wojcicki Net Worth

Anne Wojcicki is a pioneering American entrepreneur and CEO of 23andMe, a personal genomics company. She is the daughter of two renowned educationalists and was formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Despite her high-profile relationship with New York Yankee's hitter Alex Rodriguez, Wojcicki has remained a strong advocate for women's equality and a successful entrepreneur. Her saliva-based personal genome test kit was named 'Invention of the Year' by Time Magazine in 2008, and she was named 'The Most Daring CEO' by Fast Company in 2013.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Genomics Pioneer
Birth Day July 28, 1973
Birth Place San Mateo County, California, U.S., United States
Age 50 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Leo
Residence Los Altos Hills, California, U.S.
Citizenship United States
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Genomics pioneer
Known for Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe
Spouse(s) Sergey Brin (2007–2015)
Children 2
Parent(s) Stanley Wojcicki Esther Wojcicki
Relatives Susan Wojcicki (sister) Janet Wojcicki (sister)

💰 Net worth: $270 Million (2024)

Anne Wojcicki's net worth is projected to reach $270 million by 2024. She is widely recognized as a genomics pioneer in the United States. As the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, a leading personal genomics and biotechnology company, Wojcicki has played a significant role in revolutionizing the way individuals access and understand their genetic information. Through her innovative approach, she has not only made genetic testing more accessible and affordable for consumers but has also contributed to numerous scientific breakthroughs in the field of genetics. As a result, her net worth reflects both her entrepreneurial success and her invaluable contributions to the advancement of genomics.

Biography/Timeline

1996

Wojcicki grew up on the Stanford campus. When she was two, she learned how to figure skate, but later quit and started playing ice hockey. She attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, and was an Editor for The Oracle, the school newspaper, and won a scholarship for her Sports stories. She attended Yale University, where she was a competitive ice skater and played on the varsity women's ice hockey team. She graduated with a B.S. in biology in 1996. She did molecular biology research at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, San Diego.

2000

After graduating, Wojcicki worked as a health care consultant at Passport Capital, a San Francisco-based investment fund and at Investor AB. She was a health care investment analyst for 4 years, overseeing health care Investments, focusing on biotechnology companies. Disillusioned by the culture of Wall Street and its attitude towards health care, she quit in 2000, intending to take the MCAT and enroll in medical school. Instead, she decided to focus on research.

2006

In 2006, she co-founded 23andMe with Linda Avey. 23andMe is a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company, based in Mountain View, California, that provides genetic testing. The company is named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a normal human cell. The company's personal genome test kit was named "Invention of the Year" by Time magazine in 2008.

2013

Wojcicki married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in May 2007. They 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. In March 2015 Wojcicki filed for divorce, which was finalized in June 2015.

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Lisa Scholfield

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