A pioneer of the digital age has passed away: Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, has died at the age of 56.
Susan Wojcicki (1968-2924) is dead. The long-time CEO of YouTube died at the age of 56 from complications of cancer, her husband Dennis Troper announced.
“It is with deep sadness that I share the news of the passing of Susan Wojcicki. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother of our five children left us today after two years with non-small cell lung cancer,” .
He shared several family photos, including some with their children, and added: “Susan was not only my best friend and partner, but also a brilliant mind, a loving mother and a good friend to many.”
Her impact “on our family and the world” was “immeasurable,” Troper continued. “We are heartbroken but grateful for the time we had with her. Please keep our family in mind as we go through this difficult time.”
The most powerful woman on the internet?
Susan Wojcicki was a pioneer of the digital age and one of the people who played a key role in shaping the technology we use every day. Wojcicki studied history and literature at Harvard and economics at the University of California. In the 1990s, she rented her garage to Larry Page (51) and Sergey Brin (50), the founders of Google. In 1999, one year after founding their company, the two hired her as the company’s 16th employee and first marketing manager.
Among other things, she was responsible for the development of Google Doodles and came up with the idea of advertising space on Google. She also came up with the idea that Google should buy the video platform YouTube, which the company finally did in 2006. Susan Wojcicki was CEO of YouTube from 2014. In 2015, she was called “the most important person in advertising” and Time magazine also called her “the most powerful woman on the internet”. In 2023, she resigned from her post to focus on “family, health and personal projects”.
Source: Stern
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