Who was Susan Wojcicki? Former YouTube CEO who began her business career at 11 by selling ropes
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki passed away after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer, her husband Dennis Troper announced. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared his tribute on social media, highlightingiGoogle's early history, including advocating for the acquisition of YouTube in 2006.
Who was Susan Wojcicki?
Wojcicki had a long-standing history with Google, going back to 1998 when her garage served as the workspace for Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page as they developed the search engine. Joining Google as its 16th employee in 1999, she played a crucial role in its growth. She was instrumental in Google's acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006, and later as YouTube's CEO, she expanded the platform's viewership to 2.5 billion monthly users.
After stepping down as YouTube's CEO in early 2023, Susan Wojcicki continued to contribute to Google and Alphabet as an advisor. Her profound legacy in the tech world, marked by innovation and leadership, will be remembered by many.
Susan Wojcicki started business career at 11 by selling ropes
Susan Wojcicki started her business career at age 11 by selling «spice ropes» door-to-door. She was a humanities major in college but took her first computer science class in her senior year. Her sister, Anne Wojcicki, co-founded the DNA testing company 23andMe and was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin for eight years, until mid-2015.
Wojcicki served as CEO of YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet, from 2014 until early 2023. She now holds an
