Susan Wojcicki

Susan Wojcicki
Wojcicki speaking at a TechCrunch panel. She is a middle-aged woman with blonde hair, wearing a white formal shirt and a golden necklace.
Wojcicki in 2016
Born
Susan Diane Wojcicki

(1968-07-05)July 5, 1968
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 2024(2024-08-09) (aged 56)
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Poland
Education
Occupations
  • Business manager
  • executive advisor
TitleCEO of YouTube (2014–2023)
SuccessorNeal Mohan
Board member of
Spouse
Dennis Troper
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(m. 1998)​
Children5
Parents
Relatives
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Susan Diane Wojcicki (/wuːˈtʃɪtski/ woo-CHITS-kee;[1] July 5, 1968 – August 9, 2024) was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.[2]

Wojcicki worked in the technology industry for over twenty years.[3][4] She became involved in the creation of Google in 1998 when she rented out her garage as an office to the company's founders.[5] She worked as Google's first marketing manager in 1999, leading the company's online advertising business and original video service. After observing the success of YouTube, she suggested that Google should buy it; the deal was approved for $1.65 billion in 2006. She was appointed CEO of YouTube in 2014, serving until resigning in February 2023.[6]

  1. ^ "#DearMe: Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube" on YouTube
  2. ^ "#34 Susan Wojcicki". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "YouTube's Susan Wojcicki: 'Where's the line of free speech – are you removing voices that should be heard?'". the Guardian. August 10, 2019. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Connley, Courtney (August 20, 2019). "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Here's what to say when men are talking over you at a meeting". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "In the Plex" by Steven Levy, page 34
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).