How 23andMe went from a $6 billion valuation to trading for pennies

World Changing Ideas

Aug 7, 202454:45Business

Cofounder and CEO of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, wants to take the public company private. Founded in 2006, the DNA-testing startup was valued at $6 billion in 2021. Now, it’s trading for less than a dollar. So what happened...

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