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Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Splits With Wife & 23andMe Co-Founder Anne Wojcicki

News - Sergey Brin Reportedly Splits from wife Anne Wojcicki

Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki Have Split

According to the reports coming from Silicon Valley, Google co-founder Sergey Brin is not living with her wife Anne Wojcicki for over several months. Anne Wojcicki is a biotech entrepreneur and a co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, both 40, were married in 2007. They had been in marriage for around six years and have two children. They were one of the most high-profile couples of Silicon Valley. Reports say that while they are living separately, they are not yet legally separated. The break-up news was first reported by technology blog AllThingsD on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.

The couple have been involved in many charitable organizations and are one of the biggest donnor in USA to charity organizations. Together, they have started a charitable foundation named Brin Wojcicki Foundation and are a part of new organization the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Earlier Wojcicki founded her personal-genomics start-up 23andMe, which was backed up by Brin and Google Ventures.

Susan Wojcicki, sister of Anne Wojcicki, was one of the first hires by Brin and Page in Google Team. Susan Wojcicki rented part of her Menlo Park home to Google in it's starting days. Susan is currently serving as senior VP for advertising and commerce at Google.

According to sources the reason behind this separation is romantic involvement of Sergey Brin with one of Google's female employee. The female employe has been named in reports as Amanda Rosenberg, a 26-year-old Google Glass marketing manager. A spokesperson for Brin and Wojcicki confirmed that "they have been living apart for several months. They remain good friends and partners."

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