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Company · Biotechnology · founded 2006

23andMe

Personal genomics company offering direct-to-consumer saliva-based genetic testing for ancestry and health reports. Co-founded in 2006 by Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey and Paul Cusenza.

Of the 1 person here linked to 23andMe, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at 23andMe

Founder

Role

Co-founder and chief executive officer, 2006–2025
Source · medium confidence. Resigned as CEO in March 2025 around the Chapter 11 filing and stayed on the board at that point; the page does not say whether she still sits on it. Wikipedia gives March 24, the file's narrative says March 23.
Past
Biotechnology · Technology 2 / 2
Anne Wojcicki
Co-founder and former CEO, 23andMe
comfortable academic · elite · college degree