Anne Wojcicki

“Part of the reason why we became a nonprofit was to protect the data in perpetuity,”

“We have, in many ways, the same mission and the same business, but it’s 100 percent aligned now with having a scientific impact,”

“I think market cap and reality of a company are always two different realities,”

“I believe in the company. I believe in the long-term mission. But I believe it's essential for us to restructure,”

“At the heart of what 23andMe does…we're about consumer empowerment and research. Okay. So help me navigate because this has never been done before. So I love getting feedback for all those reasons because it has never been done before,”

“We're doing all kinds of things for the first time. So we will make mistakes. 100% admit all of that. But…my commitment to the world has always been I will always learn from my mistakes. I will make them, and I will learn from them, and we will be better going forward.”

“We absolutely are in a situation where we're figuring out cash burn and we're looking at all the ways that we're gonna drive revenue growth.”

“From day one, it was set up to be a database you could leverage for research,”

“The No. 1 reward I can imagine is, at some point, we have a therapy that benefits our customers,”

“Her relatives finally said, ‘enough! The only way to stop you is to move to Siberia,’”

“You have genes and you have environment,”

“One of our biggest competitors in this space of science is Goop health and Gwyneth Paltrow because she has such pull,”

“And it has real consequences on their life. And so we’re messing with people’s identity. And it’s really important that we take that seriously.”

“You tell someone that they’re a carrier for BRCA, or you tell someone, ‘You’re a high risk for blood clots.’ Or you tell someone that you’re one-64th Native American,”