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Anne Wojcicki
23andMe · San Mateo, USA
Wall Street analyst who decided patients owned their genetic data — and spent years fighting regulators to prove it.
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Company
23andMe
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2006Co-founded 23andMe to give consumers their own DNA data.
- 2013FDA banned health reports; rebuilt the entire pipeline.
- 2015Reauthorised by FDA — pioneered direct-to-consumer genetics.
- 2021SPAC public at $3.5B.
Struggles
FDA shutdown nearly killed the company; lost three years.
Family
Was married to Sergey Brin; two children. Sister Susan ran YouTube.
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- ↗crunchbase.com23andMe on Crunchbase
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Wall Street analyst who decided patients owned their genetic data — and spent years fighting regulators to prove it.
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