Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO, Passes Away at 56 

Susan Wojcicki, the previous CEO of YouTube and among the very first workers at Google after it was established in 1998, has actually passed away. She was 56.

Her hubby, Dennis Troper, revealed on Facebook Friday night that Wojcicki passed away after a two-year fight with non-small cell lung cancer. “It is with extensive unhappiness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing,” he composed. “My cherished other half of 26 years and mom to our 5 kids left us today after 2 years of coping with non-small cell lung cancer.”.

Troper continued in his post, “Susan was not simply my buddy and partner in life, however a fantastic mind, a caring mom, and a dear pal to numerous. Her influence on our household and the world was countless. We are sad, however grateful for the time we had with her. Please keep our household in your ideas as we browse this challenging time.”.

Wojcicki exposed in February 2023 that she was stepping down from her function at YouTube after 9 years leading the Google-owned business. At the time, she shared in a note to personnel that she was delegating “begin a brand-new chapter concentrated on my household, health, and individual tasks I’m enthusiastic about.”.

The previous executive was the 16th individual to be employed at Google, at first signing up with the business in 1999– after it was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin the year prior– to develop out its advertisement service and analytics items. She then transitioned into the YouTube CEO function after Google got the video platform in 2014.

Under Wojcicki’s management, YouTube became among the leading social and video platforms for digital developers, permitting them to monetize their material through the business’s YouTube Partner Program. YouTube likewise introduced its own short-form video offering, Shorts, to take on TikTok.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, commemorated Wojcicki on X (previously Twitter), writing, “Incredibly saddened by the loss of my dear pal @SusanWojcicki after 2 years of coping with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anybody, and it’s tough to envision the world without her. She was an extraordinary individual, leader and pal who had a significant influence on the world and I are among numerous Googlers who is much better for understanding her. We will miss her a lot. Our ideas with her household. RIP Susan.”.

Born upon July 5, 1968, in Santa Clara, California, Wojcicki was raised by her daddy, Stanley Wojcicki (passed away in May 2023), who worked as a physics teacher at Stanford University, and her mom, Esther Wojcicki, who was an instructor and reporter.

She later on invested most of the ’90s continuing her education, studying history and literature at Harvard University (A.B., 1990), economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (M.S., 1993) and service at the University of California, Los Angeles (M.B.A., 1998).

Before signing up with the group at Google, she had actually formerly been used by Intel Corporation, Bain & & Co., and R.B. Webber & & Co.

In addition to Troper and Esther, Wojcicki is endured by her 5 kids.