Anne Wojcicki: Daily Routine

Between biking to work, building a science-driven company, and raising kids without an alarm clock, Anne Wojcicki runs on movement, mission, and momentum.

Anne Wojcicki hasn’t had to set an alarm in years. Not since she worked on Wall Street (which she quit in 2000). These days, the co-founder and CEO of personal genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe gets woken up every morning by her kids, anytime between 6.30-7.30am.

I feel like my morning begins whether I want it to or not. So I mean, I like my coffee, but I think that’s the thing with having small children, is you wake up in the morning and the morning kinda starts whether you want it to or not. And so, by the time we’ve successfully got to school, I’m in full swing.

From there, her morning routine usually is a scramble of checking her phone for any urgent text messages and emails, scanning the news, getting her kids ready for school and then hopping on her bike to get to work. “Rain or shine, I always bike to work and I always bike home,” Wojcicki told Today. She continued her 5-mile bike commute routine, even when 8-months pregnant, a Forbes profile revealed.