Alex Rodriguez was an excellent ballplayer in the game. Not even a shadow of a doubt about that. And just like he graced the game of baseball with his charm and class, A-Rod was quite popular amongst girls.
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Even at 47, the former Yankee is a bachelor. But dating back to the time, when A-Rod was in the last years of his baseball career, he dated a billionaire. Yes! Even though this relationship did not last long, A-Rod and renowned entrepreneur, Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded 23andMe, were in a relationship for a while.
Back in his playing days, A-Rod was a dream guy for every woman, especially those who wanted to one-up their exes. Anne dated A-Rod because of his athletic stardom. She never attended a baseball game, though.
Was Alex Rodriguez just a rebound for his ex-girlfriend, Anne Wojcicki?
Per Mercury News, Alex Rodriguez and Anne Wojcicki dated for a year and called their relationship off in late 2016. Wojcicki herself admitted that she dated A-Rod because of his Athletic stardom. Notably, the two belonged to completely different backgrounds. She was a billionaire entrepreneur while A-Rod was an athlete.
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TAMPA – FEBRUARY 17: Infielder Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees pauses during a press conference about his performance enhancing drug use at the George Steinbrenner complex February 17, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
In 2017, Wojcicki revealed an awkward interaction with her mom when she told her about A-Rod. Her mom could not digest the fact that A-Rod can be a person’s name.
“My mom was like, ‘What’s an A-Rod?’ I was like, ‘Mom, that’s his name,” said Anne Wojcicki.
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Notably, before her relationship with A-Rod, Wojcicki was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin for eight years. And in her own words, Wojcicki dated A-Rod only because she wanted to one-up her ex.
While discussing their relationship, Anne’s mother, Esther Wojcicki, said that A-Rod and Anne were a mismatch in the relationship. However, she also admitted that A-Rod genuinely loved her daughter.
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“He seemed to be genuinely in love with Anne,” Esther Wojcicki told the Times. “But I right away figured out this was a mismatch.”
Do you also think A-Rod and Wojcicki were a mismatch?