Anne E. Wojcicki ( ; born July 28,
1973) is an American
biotech
analyst, biologist, and the co-founder of
23andMe.
Early life
Wojcicki
attended Gunn High
School
in Palo Alto, California
, where she was one of three students voted as
Most Likely to Succeed in the 1991 yearbook. She went on to graduate from Yale University
with a B.S. in biology in 1996.
Career
Since graduating, Wojcicki worked ten years overseeing
healthcare investments, focusing on
biotechnology companies. In 2006, she left the
investing world to co-found
23andMe with
Linda Avey.
Personal life
Wojcicki is married to
Google co-founder
Sergey Brin and is the daughter of
educator
Esther Wojcicki.They have a
son, Benji, born in December 2008.
References