The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex
Ms. Wojcicki has a big house near Mr. Brin’s big house in Los Altos — where she
also owns a children’s cafe and an arcade — and they see a lot of each other.
“I think he plays for the Yankees.”
Mr. Specter explained to the woman who had never attended a professional baseball game
that her new suitor was one of the 10 best baseball players who ever lived.
But six years later, the Silicon Valley fairy tale was shattered by two public humiliations: Mr. Brin got involved with a beautiful
young Englishwoman named Amanda Rosenberg, who provided a public face for Google Glass — an attachment that broke up his marriage.
Even now that she owns a billion-dollar company, Ms. Wojcicki remains frugal and says repeatedly that she does not like “froufrou things.”
“Fancy cars and houses and the right dress,” she says dismissively.
