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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died from non-small cell lung cancer, her husband Dennis Troper confirmed. on facebook Saturday. She was 56 years old.
“It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of Susan Wojcicki. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother of our five children passed away today after spending two years battling non-small cell lung cancer,” Troper wrote, calling his wife a “brilliant mind” and a “loving mother” to her children.
“Her impact on our family and the world is immeasurable. We are heartbroken but grateful for the time we had with her,” the post read.
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Wojcicki’s impact on Silicon Valley
Wojcicki graduated from Harvard University in 1990 and earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998. Her LinkedIn.
Wojcicki, 1998 I rented her out It was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California by 25-year-old tech entrepreneurs Larry Page and Sergey Brin, best known for their work on the search engine that would later become known as Google.
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojczyk (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
After the Google cofounders moved into permanent offices, they offered Wojcicki a job as marketing manager in 1999. She was Google’s 16th employee.
Wojcicki is Various positions From 2011 to 2014, he served as SVP of AdWords and AdSense at the company. In 2006, Google I bought YouTube Wojcicki bought the company for $1.65 billion in 2014 and served as CEO until stepping down last year.
Technology leaders took to social media to express their condolences, noting Wojcicki’s impact on the industry and their own careers, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
“Her death is devastating for all of us who knew and loved her, for the thousands of Googlers she led over the years, and for the millions around the world who looked up to her, benefited from her advocacy and leadership, and felt the impact of the great things she created at Google, YouTube and beyond,” Pichai wrote. Internal Memo To employees.
Former Googler and longtime Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg, in a Facebook post, praised Wojcicki for paving the way for other women in tech.
“She taught me business and helped me grow and navigate a pretty chaotic organization at the beginning of my career in tech.” Sandberg wrote:“She was someone I turned to for advice on many occasions, and she was that person for many others too.”
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She is respected by many as a pioneer for women in Silicon Valley.
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