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"Anne Wojcicki married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in May 2007." There ya go. 23andMe was a vanity project for Sergey's wife (now ex-wife.) https://en.wiki
by redis_mlc 7y ago
"Anne Wojcicki married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in May 2007."
There ya go.
23andMe was a vanity project for Sergey's wife (now ex-wife.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Wojcicki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Wojcicki
Same story for Marissa Mayer.
- dekhn 7y agoI know quite well (have met all the people involved), but I still can't believe how much money has been sunk into them.
- downerending 7y agoOne of the joys of being rich is being able to spend your money however you like. It's a caution to the rest of us, though. My annual salary is just a rounding error to them, and it's not worth their time to consider my individual fate in any way.
- dehrmann 7y agoImportantly, Alphabet is an inventor in 23andme. Her sister is also the head of YouTube. This still isn’t as bad as Elon Musk using Tesla to bail out his cousin’s failing Solar City.