Business5.09.2009
Google co-founder leaves
Mountain View-based 23andMe Inc. announced Friday that Linda Avey is leaving to start an Alzheimer’s research foundation.
Avey launched 23andMe in 2006 with Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The company analyzes people’s DNA to detect potential health problems before they occur.
Since then, Google has invested $7 million in the company, including $2.6 million in June. Brin himself has invested about $10 million of his personal fortune.
Avey and Wojcicki said that the foundation would use 23andMe’s research technology to test their own patients as they seek Alzheimer’s genetic roots.
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