Anne E. Wojcicki is an American

United States

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 biotech analyst, biologist

Biologist

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, and the co-founder of 23andMe

23andMe

23andMe is a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company based in Mountain View, California that is developing new methods and technologies that will enable consumers to understand their own genetic information...

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Wojcicki is the daughter of educator Esther Wojcicki

Esther Wojcicki

Esther Hochman 'Woj' Wojcicki is an American journalist, educator, and vice chair of the Creative Commons board of directors. Wojcicki has been a pioneer in exploring the interface between education and technology.- Education and career :...

 and Stanley Wojcicki, a Polish American

Polish American

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 physics professor at Stanford University

Stanford University

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. She attended Gunn High School

Gunn High School

Henry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto, California. Gunn High School is a four-year high school with a current enrollment of just over 1,900 students. The Class of 1966 was the first class to graduate from Gunn High School. The academic year has two semesters with...

 in Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto, California

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, where she was one of three students voted Most Likely to Succeed in the 1991 yearbook

Yearbook

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. She went on to graduate from Yale University

Yale University

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 with a B.S. in biology

Biology

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 in 1996.

After graduating, Wojcicki worked 10 years overseeing healthcare investments, focusing on biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

 companies. In 2006, she left the investing world to co-found 23andMe

23andMe

23andMe is a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company based in Mountain View, California that is developing new methods and technologies that will enable consumers to understand their own genetic information...

 with Linda Avey

Linda Avey

Linda Avey is an American biotech analyst, biologist, and the co-founder of 23andMe.Avey spent 20 years in sales and business development in biopharmaceuticals. Avey helped develop research programs for Affymetrix and Perlegen Sciences....

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Wojcicki married Google

Google

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 co-founder Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin

Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Russian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the largest internet companies. , his personal wealth is estimated to be $16.7 billion....

in May 2007. They have a son, Benji, born in December 2008.