WhoBuilt

Anne Wojcicki

CEO at 23andMe

Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe who discusses building the company and its health research mission.

Key facts

CEO of
23andMe, CEO
Founded
Roles
23andMe, co-founder

Career

  1. 23andMecurrent2007 – present
    co-founder

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    Anne Wojcicki CEO of 23andMe
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  1. 2007Career
    Anne Wojcicki is co-founder at 23andMe
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  2. 2007Founded
    Anne Wojcicki founded 23andMe
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Talks 1

28:20
How to Build the Future

Anne Wojcicki explains how her experience investing in health care led her to found 23andMe and put people in control of their genetic information. She describes how consumer access, crowdsourced data, and research could help shift health care toward prevention and better align incentives around keeping people healthy. She shares lessons on educating customers, learning from feedback, publishing evidence, hiring humble scientists, and staying focused through slow early sales. She closes with a long-term vision for personalized prevention, large-scale studies, and drug discovery.

Apr 13, 2018· 28 min 0:00