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No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

#80: Anne Wojcicki: CEO & Co-Founder, 23andMe

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7703 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

As the CEO and co-Founder of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki wants people to learn about who they are from the inside out starting with their DNA. She combined her passion for business and science and founded 23andMe in 2006 after starting her career as a healthcare analyst on Wall Street. On this episode, Anne opens up about why she believes her decade on Wall Street was like getting a PhD, the moment she realized that she had to be part of the healthcare industry's solutions, and the importance of perseverance and needing at least a decade before beginning to see your impact. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Annie Grossman, Co-Founder & Senior Dog Trainer, School For The Dogs Find out more:  http://www.schoolforthedogs.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS:  Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. Instagram.com/RebeccaJarvis Twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jarvis-217ba052/ Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0

It was that moment where I was like, the system's never going to change from within. I was like,

0:05.4

I'm done. You know, I have spent my time. I know how the system works. So I was like, I'm out.

0:10.6

But like, I'm going to do everything I can now to change it.

0:15.8

From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and

0:22.7

influential women playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify success and what it

0:28.5

really takes to get there, and all the tradeoffs. Whether you're looking for answers or you

0:34.2

just want to hear a good story, you're in the right place.

0:39.3

On today's episode, Anne Wajiski is the CEO of 23 and Me, a company she co-founded

0:45.4

12 years ago to help people understand their DNA. Send her company a little bit of your spit,

0:51.2

and they can tell you everything from your ancestry to your genetic health.

0:55.3

The business now valued at more than a billion dollars gets its name from the 23 pairs of

1:00.2

chromosomes in a human cell. And Anne, who is the youngest of three sisters, says she quit an

1:05.9

impressive job on Wall Street to start the company with the hopes of fixing our broken healthcare system.

1:12.5

Here's her story.

1:14.5

Anne Wojiski, welcome to No Limits.

1:16.5

Thank you.

1:17.4

Thank you for having us to your office.

1:19.5

Yeah, anytime.

1:20.3

Here in California, Mountain View, California.

1:23.0

I just want to describe the office to people because we've been sitting here for a few minutes

1:27.3

and I've been appreciating our surroundings.

1:30.1

For example, you looked over your shoulder. You saw it immediately. The I'm CEO bitch.

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