“I think that for people who are trying to make a difference, you have to start the company being naive. You wouldn't do it if you understood all the work. I work a lot. I wish it was easier.”

Anne Wojcicki is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist. She co-founded 23andMe, a company pioneering genetic testing and personalized health data, and later launched Verily, a life sciences research arm of Alphabet. Her work centers on merging technology with medicine to advance preventive healthcare and genetic research.