Wojcicki was born and raised in Palo Alto, California Anne, Janet, and Susan Wojcicki. Getty
Both of Wojcicki s parents are academics: her father, Stanley, chaired Stanford University s physics department; her mother, Esther, taught journalism at Palo Alto High School. Wojcicki s sister Janet also works in academia as a professor of epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Wojcicki s other sister, Susan, is the CEO of YouTube. My parents really looked at us always as like mini adults, Anne Wojcicki told CNBC Make It in 2018. I think the one thing that my parents really did is they gave us a taste of freedom. And they encouraged it. They encouraged us to find our passions, they weren t controlling.
A nurse prepares a dialysis machine. Radu Sigheti/Reuters
Strive Health raised $140 million in Series B funding on Tuesday. Alphabet s CapitalG led the round.
The startup works with insurers and health systems on a new way to care for people with mid- and late-stage kidney disease. 23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki. Kimberly White / Getty Images
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Joel Klein, a top exec at health insurer Oscar, has joined vape company Juul s board of directors.
Juul has come under fire in the past for helping to spark a youth vaping epidemic.
The company said Klein would help it deliver on its commitment to stop underage vaping.
Joel Klein, a top executive at health insurer Oscar Health, has joined the board of directors of Juul Labs, an e-cigarette company that s landed itself in hot water over the years for allegedly marketing its products to school kids.
It s the first time Amazon is being clear about wanting to deliver medical care beyond its own staff.
Amazon on Wednesday said it s rolling out its telehealth service in all 50 states for its employees starting starting this summer. It will also expand to other employers later this year.
In-person services of Amazon Care, like home visits by nurses, will be available in Washington state. It s planning to add in-person services to cities including Washington, D.C., its second headquarters, and Baltimore as well as other cities this year, the company said. Amazon Benefits has been the enterprise customer that we ve been serving to date. Now, looking at other enterprises, understanding their needs, we think a lot of the needs are similar,
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Strive Health raised $140 million in Series B funding on Tuesday. Alphabet s CapitalG led the round.
The startup works with insurers and health systems on a new way to care for people with mid- and late-stage kidney disease.
See the presentation that won over CapitalG and Redpoint Ventures.
A Denver-based upstart kidney-care company just got a $140 million cash infusion to take on dialysis giants like DaVita with a new approach to treating patients with kidney disease.
On Tuesday, Strive Health announced it raised $140 million in Series B funding at an undisclosed valuation. CapitalG, the venture arm of Google parent company Alphabet, led the round, which also included new investor Redpoint Ventures and existing backers NEA, Town Hall Ventures, Ascension Ventures, and Echo Ventures. Strive ha