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☆ Poppy Harlow announces she will exit CNN after nearly two decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. Jeremy FreemanThompson, after taking over from Licht, announced in February that he would reconfigure CNN’s morning lineup. CNN engaged in discussions with Harlow, but ultimately she decided to exit the network. ), and to support the evolution of journalism in every way I can, while preserving the human(ity) in it,” Harlow wrote.

Persons: Poppy Harlow, ”, ” Harlow, “, ” Mark Thompson, Harlow, ” Poppy Harlow, Mike Coppola, CNN “ She’s, ” Thompson, Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg, Melinda Gates, Susan Wojcicki, Jamie Dimon, Chris Licht, Kaitlan Collins, Don Lemon, Lemon, Collins, Jeremy Freeman Thompson, Kasie Hunt Organizations: CNN, American Museum of, Boston Marathon, Washington , D.C, Harlow Locations: New York City, Paris, Licht, Washington ,

☆ 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki considers taking company private
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe , is considering a proposal to take the genetic testing company private after its stock price tumbled more than 95% from its 2021 highs. She "wishes to maintain control" of the company and will "not be willing to support any alternative transaction," the filing said. 23andMe went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, which valued the company at around $3.5 billion. The company's board of directors formed a "Special Committee" in late March to help explore options that could juice the stock. "The Special Committee is committed to acting in the best interests of 23andMe and its shareholders."

Persons: Anne Wojcicki, Wojcicki, 23andMe, Wells Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, Nasdaq, Department Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ 23andMe's business is basically worthless. Its CEO now wants to buy it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to take the once-hot DNA company private. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Advertisement23andMe — the struggling DNA company once valued in the billions — was essentially worthless as of Wednesday. But in a filing late Wednesday, Anne Wojcicki revealed she wants to buy back the company she cofounded in 2006 and take it private. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe, —, Wojcicki Organizations: Service, SEC, Business

☆ 8 of the best looks at the 'Oscars of Science,' where tech execs like Elon Musk mingled with Kim Kardashian and other stars
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Maria Noyen | Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Breakthrough Prize Awards were hosted in Los Angeles on Saturday. Nicknamed the "Oscars of Science," the ceremony brought together an array of famous faces. From Kim Kardashian to Elon Musk, here's a look at eight of the best-dressed attendees. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementThe Breakthrough Prize Awards, dubbed the "Oscars of Science," took place in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Persons: Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Carl H Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Parents who raise successful, resilient kids never do these 5 things, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are five things parents should try to never do if they want to raise successful, resilient kids, according to psychologists and other parenting experts. Resilient children typically have the confidence to bounce back from failures and continue taking necessary, calculated risks, research shows. "The more you trust your children to do things on their own, the more empowered they'll be," she wrote. "The most accomplished people reached their goals by failing along the way," wrote Morin. Kids learn more, and remember what they learn, when they're actively curious, research shows.

Persons: Esther Wojcicki, Wojcicki, they'll, Amy Morin, Morin, Steer, Michele Borba, we've, —, they're, Kumar Mehta, Aliza Pressman, Pressman Organizations: CNBC, Sinai Parenting Center

☆ 5 ways to help your kids be more successful than most—including one 'many parents fail to teach,' expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But some strategies are proven to be more effective than others, when it comes to raising successful children. Here are five ways parents can help set their kids up for future success, according to psychologists and other parenting experts. But when it comes to raising a successful child, one is more important than the other, educational psychologist Michele Borba wrote for CNBC Make It in 2022. Give them autonomyThe ability to self-motivate is one of the two important traits that can help kids grow into successful adults, child psychologist Dr. Tovah Klein told Make It last year. Don't stress over perfectionWojcicki raised three successful children — a doctor and two high-profile CEOs — but she never demanded perfection from them.

Persons: Michele Borba, Borba, they'll, Nir Eyal, Eyal, Tovah Klein, Esther Wojcicki, Wojcicki, —, Perfectionism, you've, Allison Butler Organizations: CNBC, New Zealand's University of Otago, Bryant University

☆ Sergey Brin once hosted a bizarre baby shower where big-name guests wore oversized diapers and onesies, book says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sergey Brin once hosted a bizarre baby shower featuring oversize diapers and adult onesies. Brin, who stepped back from Alphabet in 2019, has returned to help shape Google's AI strategy. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementGoogle cofounder Sergey Brin once hosted a bizarre baby shower where guests wore oversized diapers and adult-sized onesies.

Persons: Sergey Brin, Kara Swisher's, Brin, —, Kara Swisher, San Francisco soiree, Swisher, Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch, Anne Wojcicki, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Larry Page, John Doerr, she'd, Page Organizations: Service, San, Francisco, Business, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco

☆ Son of former YouTube CEO found dead in UC Berkeley dorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marco Troper, son of YouTube's former CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead in his UC Berkeley dorm at 19. The UC Berkeley freshman was found dead in his dorm room on campus on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the school confirmed to the outlet. Troper was found unresponsive Tuesday at the student housing complex Clark Kerr Campus at about 4:23 p.m. local time, UC Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore told NBC. … One thing we do know, it was a drug," she told SFGATE, calling her grandson "loving" and a "math genius." Wojcicki told the outlet that a toxicology report will take up to 30 days to receive results.

Persons: Marco Troper, Susan Wojcicki, —, Janet Gilmore, Esther Wojcicki, SFGATE, Wojcicki Organizations: UC Berkeley, Service, Clark, NBC, Berkeley Fire Department, Business

☆ This startup wants to find cancer faster with AI-powered full-body scans. See the 22-slide pitch deck that got Ezra $21 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewLast August, Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram that she'd gotten a full-body MRI scan from the startup Prenuvo, which sparked a national conversation about the merits of preventive imaging. With Kardashian's help, the scans were finally making headlines — and healthtech startup Ezra felt their impact. "The day that Kim Kardashian got a scan, even though it wasn't an Ezra scan, our day-over-day revenue spiked," Ezra CEO and cofounder Emi Gal told Business Insider. Those tailwinds have propelled growth for Ezra, which partners with radiology clinics to perform full-body MRI scans. And, with Ezra's scans, that startup has "helped hundreds of people find cancer," he added.

Persons: —, Kim Kardashian, she'd, Ezra, Emi Gal, Amir Dan Rubin, Anne Wojcicki, Vlad Tenev, David Prior, Esther Dyson, — Gal, Ezra Flash, radiologists, Gal, We've Organizations: Service, Business, VC, FirstMark, Firms, Allianz Life Ventures, Mana Ventures, Ventures, Seedcamp, LDV Locations: Gaingels, Republic

☆ 23andMe considers splitting up company to revive stock price
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of 23andMe sank 21% on Thursday, a day after the genetic testing company reported dismal fiscal third-quarter results and discussed splitting itself in two to help juice its stock price. 23andMe reported revenue of $45 million for the quarter, down from the $67 million it reported in the same period last year. The five-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that valued the company at around $3.5 billion. The company has launched additional therapeutics and research businesses, but its share price has tumbled more than 95% from its peak. They lowered their target price for the stock to 85 cents from 90 cents.

Persons: 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, Sergey Brin, Forbes, Joe Selsavage, Selsavage Organizations: TechCrunch, 23andMe, Nasdaq, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, CNBC Disruptor, Citi, CNBC PRO Locations: San Francisco , California, 23andMe

☆ Premarket stocks: Main Street is still investing like it’s 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Before the Bell spoke to Joe Mazola, director of Schwab Trader Education, about the growing importance of retail investors in markets, where Main Street is investing and why people are still enamored with Elon Musk. Why is it so important to single out retail investors and track where they’re putting their money? Is there a big difference between what retail investors and institutional investors are doing right now? That means the Fed is due to cut rates in 2024, which officials themselves projected in December. We just want some more confidence before we take that very important step of beginning to cut interest rates,” he told “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, Tesla, Charles Schwab, Schwab, Bell, Joe Mazola, Elon Musk, Joe Mazzola, it’s, they’re, there’s, They’ve, Powell, Jerome Powell, “ We’ve, ” Powell, ”, Price, “, Scott Pelley, Read, 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, ” Wojcicki, they’ve, Wojcicki Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Tesla, Big Tech, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, Devices, Schwab Trader Education, Elon, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Investors, CBS, Fed, Nasdaq, CNN Locations: New York, Street, Silicon Valley

☆ 23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants another chance
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Just three years ago, DNA testing company 23andMe was the golden child of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. In 2018, 23andMe agreed to a five-year exclusive drug development partnership with GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline). Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, is facing the possibility of delisting from NASDAQ. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesSo far, the partnership between GSK and 23andMe has produced more than 50 new drug targets. But drug discovery is a very long process and it can be anywhere from 10 to 15 years on average from target discovery to an FDA-approved drug.

Persons: New York CNN —, 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, ” Wojcicki, “, Susan Wojcicki, Sergey Brin, Kyle Grillot, Wojcicki, they’ve, ”, we’re, “ We’ve, Steven Mah, TD Cowen, Mah, they’re, Justin Sullivan Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nasdaq, CNN, Stanford, Palo Alto High School, YouTube, Google, 23andMe Inc, Bloomberg, Time Magazine, P Biotech ETF, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, NASDAQ, Big Pharma, it’s Locations: New York, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles , California, U.S, London, Sunnyvale , California, United States

☆ Exclusive: Organic baby food startup Yumi has slashed its valuation after running low on cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Yumi, a startup backed by a long list of prominent Silicon Valley investors that makes high-end organic baby food, is raising a down round that values the company at around $40 million, Business Insider has learned. The funding represents a substantial discount from Yumi's Series B round in 2021, which valued the company at more than $300 million, according to Pitchbook data. It also means Yumi has burned through more than twice as much cash, nearly $90 million dollars, as it is currently worth. Startup fundraising tumbled to a five-year low in 2023 with funding for e-commerce and shopping startups down 60%, according to Crunchbase data. Convoy, the freight startup that was once called the "Uber for trucking" and raised more than $1 billion, shut down in November.

Persons: Yumi, Evelyn Rusli, Angela Sutherland, Gerber, Sutherland, Rusli, Anne Wojcicki, Gabrielle Union, Warby Parker, Goldman Sachs, Christina Minnis, Kelly Coffey, Masha Drokova, Lauren Dillard Organizations: Business, BI, Walmart, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Enterprise Associates, Uber, City National Bank, One Ventures, Nasdaq, Startup, Convoy, Olive Locations: millennials

☆ Orchid tests embryos for genetic diseases. It just raised $12 million with this 11-slide pitch deck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Orchid, a startup that tests embryos for genetic diseases, has just raised $12 million. "The way that IVF and embryo screening works today is the amount of information available is really limited," Orchid CEO and cofounder Noor Siddiqui said. Genetic testing has been around for years, but it has been usually limited in the diseases it can identify, which include cystic fibrosis, Bloomberg reported. Orchid produces reports with two types of genetic testing: monogenic and polygenic. The cost of the test depends on the number of embryos that Orchid tests.

Persons: Noor Siddiqui, Siddiqui, Orchid, Dylan, Anne Wojcicki, Fidji Simo, Peter Kraft Organizations: Business, Bloomberg, Prometheus Fund, Starbloom Capital, One Ventures, Los Angeles Times Locations: San Francisco, Pebblebed

☆ Parents who raised highly successful children say you need to do these 3 things
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Kristina Puga | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They also advised modeling hard work and integrity. Three parents whose kids grew up to be impressive adults say parents should do three things to raise successful children. 1 goal was to teach them to believe in themselves, and I started that when they were born," Wojcicki told Business Insider. Martinez said she had her sons work as early as 7 years old, even if just for a few hours. She said they worked the coat check at her restaurant because she wanted them to learn the value of hard work and independence.

Persons: who've, —, Esther Wojcicki, Susan, Anne, Janet, Wojcicki, Mister Rogers, Zarela Martinez, Aarón Sánchez, Martinez, Ana, who'd, Pico Rivera, Cristian, Alex, César Jr, Roldán, childhoods Organizations: Service, Palo Alto High School Media Arts, YouTube, Business, Los Angeles ., Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders, LA Galaxy Locations: New York, Guatemala, El Salvador, Pico, Los Angeles

☆ Patients are lining up for $2,500 full-body MRI scans that can detect cancer early
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of PrenuvoWhile celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. In addition to full-body scans, Prenuvo offers a head and torso scan for $1,800 and a scan of just the torso for $1,000. Some companies have started offering Prenuvo scans as a perk for employees, which has helped increase access to the technology. Medical experts caution that, in addition to the steep price, full-body MRI scans won't catch everything and aren't meant to replace targeted screenings like colonoscopies and mammograms. He found a radiologist who was offering an early version of a full-body MRI scan.

Persons: Julianne Santarosa, hadn't, she'd, Santarosa, Kim Kardashian, Cindy Crawford, Eric Schmidt, 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, Tony Fadell, Andrew Lacy, Lacy, it's, Prenuvo, Jasnit, Dr, Kimberly Amrami, Amrami, It's, Prenuvo Lacy, Eduardo Dolhun, Dolhun Organizations: CNBC, Facebook, Google, Nest Labs, Felicis Ventures, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Association of American Medical Colleges, Columbia University Medical Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Mayo Clinic Locations: Tyler , Texas, Prenuvo, Dallas, U.S, Canada, London, Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, Irving, New York City , New York, York, San Francisco, Vancouver, British Columbia

☆ US senator asks 23andMe for details after reported data for sale online
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Attendees purchase DNA kits at the 23andMe booth at the RootsTech annual genealogical event in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., February 28, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The top Republican on the U.S. Senate's health committee has called on the chief executive of 23andMe (ME.O) to provide the panel with details after data from the family genetics website was advertised for sale on the dark web. Senator Bill Cassidy, the ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, expressed concerns in a letter to CEO Anne Wojcicki, and asked for more information. A hacker advertised 23andMe data earlier this month, but 23andMe said in a statement that the company itself had not been breached. Reporting by Susan HeaveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: George Frey, Bill Cassidy, Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe, Susan Heavey Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Republican, 23andMe, Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions, Thomson Locations: Salt Lake City , Utah, U.S

☆ User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

User data from 23andMe accounts has been leaked and put up for sale on a dark web forum. The data appears to have been gathered from user credentials that were exposed in prior data breaches, and the company's security systems have not been breached, according to 23andMe. In other words, the hackers plugged in leaked username-password combinations into 23andMe accounts in a technique known as "credential stuffing." Those with European or Ashkenazi ancestry are likely to have many matches via the DNA Relatives feature compared to people with Asian or Middle Eastern ancestry, 23andMe also notes on its website. The company — which shares anonymized user data with their consent with third parties — is encouraging users to enable multi-factor authentication to prevent further attacks.

Persons: —, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Anne Wojcicki —, Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe Organizations: Service, Wired

☆ Our crisis of loneliness, the new bet investors are going after
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Not long after founding the startup, Gaon shared his vision with famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. It was notable to Gaon at the time that Andreessen — "one of those investors who's known for seeing where the market is going" — appeared to have pinpointed loneliness as its own market. That moved her parents, Cindy and Anne Jordan, who had sold their first healthtech company years before, to found the Arizona company Pyx Health. "The loneliness crisis is bigger, and more urgent, than anything I've worked on before," Nyborg wrote in a blog post. Inspired debuted a thesis in 2020 that identified loneliness as a key focus for the firm to invest in.

Persons: Benjamin Gaon, Boaz Gaon, Benny, Gaon, Marc Andreessen, Andreessen, Wisdo, —, Anne Wojcicki, Marius Nacht, Andreessen Horowitz, Vivek Murthy, Betsy Hoover, Bumble, Rylie Sarabia, Cindy, Anne Jordan, policyholders, Dawn Owens, it's, Owens, Julie Rice, Elizabeth Cutler, Rice, Peoplehood, Phil Levin, Levin, Culdesac, Renate Nyborg, I've, Nyborg, Hugo Amsellem, He's, Ava, Catalyst, Nate Tepper, Tepper, Adam Besvinick, Frances Haugen, Hoover, Alexa von Tobel, von Tobel, David Spinks Organizations: Pyx, Labs, verve, Investors, Pyx Health, TT Capital Partners, New, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capita, AI Fund, NEA, AIs, Looking Glass, Anonymous, Glass, Facebook, Bloomberg Locations: Arizona, Minneapolis, New York, Ava, France, Peoplehood, Hopscotch

☆ Google cofounder Sergey Brin quietly divorced his wife this year after allegations that she had an affair with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sergey Brin filed for a divorce from his second wife, Nicole Shanahan, in January 2022. Affair allegations about Shanahan and Elon Musk sparked the split, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The two met at a yoga retreat in 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported last year. AdvertisementAdvertisementUnder the terms of their divorce, Shanahan and Brin are set to split legal and physical custody of their daughter, now 4.

Persons: Sergey Brin, Nicole Shanahan, Shanahan, Elon Musk, Brin's, Brin, Musk, Tesla, Larry Page, Sergey, Nicole, she'd, Anne Wojcicki Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Street, Echo Foundation, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Google's old guard shifts roles as the company searches for itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA string of Google executives have changed their roles in the span of several months, in a shift that has sidelined many of company's remaining old guard. The changes encompass high-profile executives such as CFO Ruth Porat, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and employee No. Some say they have left their roles for a new challenge and others have left to seek opportunities in AI. While she'll still be in an advisory role at Google, she said, she wanted to "start a new chapter." Google's AI head, Jeff Dean, who's been at Google since 1999, became a chief scientist as part of the change.

Persons: Ruth Porat, Jeff Kowalsky, Susan Wojcicki, Urs Hölzle, Susan Wojcicki —, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, she'll, Robert Kyncl, David Lawee, Hölzle, Morgan Stanley, Porat, Courtenay Mencini, who've, it's, OpenAI, Sundar Pichai, Google execs, Prabhakar Raghavan, HJ Kim, Geoffrey Hinton, Demis, James Manyika, Jeff Dean, who's, It's Organizations: Inc, Michigan Central Station, Bloomberg, Getty, Google, YouTube, Warner Music Group, CapitalG, CNBC, New York Times, McKinsey, Google Research Locations: Detroit , Michigan, Silicon Valley

☆ See the presentation that got a healthtech startup $7 million from Khosla Ventures to help patients find new treatments using AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eureka Health is building a platform to help patients with chronic conditions find new treatments. Eureka Health used this 11-slide pitch deck to land $7 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures. Eureka Health seeks to give patients with chronic conditions a community to find new treatments based on reports of what other patients have tried. Then, Eureka patients can log how effective a specific treatment was for their symptoms, as well as any side effects they may have experienced. Eureka Health provided Insider with the deck it used to raise $7 million in seed funding.

Persons: Zain Memon, Noah MacCallum, Memon, MacCallum, Anne Wojcicki, Susan Wojcicki, Eureka, we're Organizations: Eureka Health, Khosla Ventures, Health, South Park, SciFi, Able Partners, Bow, 23andMe, South Locations: Eureka, South Park

☆ Alphabet dumps more than 90% of its stake in Robinhood
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Google parent Alphabet has pared back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including the trading platform Robinhood , the gene testing company 23andMe and language learning startup Duolingo . The company dumped nearly 90% of its stake in Robinhood, according to SEC filings. The company sold off more than 4.3 million shares of the fintech stock during the period ending June 30. Robinhood posted its first profit as a publicly traded company on Aug. 2. Alphabet still held about 612,000 shares of Robinhood as of June 30.

Persons: Robinhood, Anne Wojcicki, Sergey Brin Organizations: SEC, Wall, Google Locations: Robinhood, Duolingo, 23andMe

☆ Landing a job at Google felt like winning the lottery. Then I got laid off — and it made me realize my self-worth needs to go beyond my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sylvia Duran Chen was shocked to be laid off from her YouTube job at Google after almost nine years. The job perks and mission mattered to her, and she'd felt proud to have been chosen by Google. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sylvia Duren Chen, a 39-year-old former Google/ YouTube employee from San Diego, California. Although I had a successful career before Google, with stints at Nike and McKinsey & Company, landing at Google felt like winning the lottery. I talked about being laid off by Google and the raw insecurities it laid bare.

Persons: Sylvia Duran Chen, she'd, Sylvia Duren Chen, It's, I'd, that'll, I'm, Susan Wojcicki Organizations: Google, Morning, YouTube, Cornell University, Columbia Law School, Nike, McKinsey & Company, YouTube Mexico Locations: San Diego , California, San Bruno , California, Mexico, There's

☆ Let the guessing game begin! Elon Musk's cryptic Twitter CEO tweet drives speculation — and plenty of joke theories
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk offered few clues about Twitter's next CEO, besides that "she" will take over in weeks. The cryptic post drove plenty of people on Musk's platform to suggest possible contenders. One serious guess came from tech journalist Kara Swisher, who laid out her case and observations in a Twitter thread. An NBCUniversal spokesperson told Insider that Yaccarino was preparing for the Upfronts, an event where media companies pitch advertisers. Guesses included famous tech names, some quickly debunkedYou didn't have to look far on Twitter to see some famous tech names like Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, or Susan Wojcicki being floated.

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