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How to Get Famous: Marry a Google Founder, Start a Biotech

May 29, 2007

The New York Times is wide-eyed over Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andme, a biotech company that promises to help consumers browse their own genetic code. This quasi-profile of Wojcicki includes some details we'd rather not know about her wedding to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as well as a quote from a blogger who seems to be under the impression that anyone can have a genome sequenced for $1,000. (Time to call off the races, guys. Go home and have a beer.)

 

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