23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki joins the billionaire club with SPAC merger

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki became the country's newest self-made billionaire after her company merged with a blank check company led by Richard Branson last week. The value of the Sunnyvale, California-based business rose about 21% after its debut on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker “ME,” giving it a market cap of about $5.9 billion. Wojcicki owns 99.4 million shares of the DNA testing kit maker, Forbes reported, and shares were trading at $12.59 a t the end of the day on Friday, making…
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