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Anne Wojcicki
Co-Founder, 23andMe
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Big Think Interview with Anne Wojcicki
A conversation with the Co-founder and President of 23andMe. … Watch
October 27, 2009 | In Health & Medicine
23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki recounts the best and worst career advice she’s ever received, some of which came from the Google founder himself. … Watch
October 20, 2009 | In Business & Economics, Inspiration & Wisdom, Media & Internet
Growing up on the Stanford campus, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki saw her heroes as people from the neighborhood. … Watch
October 20, 2009 | In History, Identity, Inspiration & Wisdom
Watching Her Husband Build Google
Besides being the co-founder of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki is also Sergey Brin’s wife. Here’s what she learned from the once little-known startup. … Watch
October 20, 2009 | In Business & Economics, Media & Internet
Anne's background is in healthcare investing, focused primarily on biotechnology companies. Anne left the investing world with the hope that she could have a positive impact on research and medicine through 23andMe. From her vantage point, Anne saw a need for creating a way to generate more information - especially more personalized information - so that commercial and academic researchers could better understand and develop new drugs and diagnostics. By encouraging individuals to access and learn about their own genetic information, 23andMe will create a common, standardized resource that has the potential to accelerate drug discovery and bring personalized medicine to the public. Anne graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in biology.
