After battling lung cancer for two years, former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki—a pioneer in the digital industry and one of Google’s original employees—passed away, her husband announced. 56 was her age.
The news of Susan Wojcicki’s passing is shared with me with great sadness. After two years of fighting non-small cell lung cancer, my cherished wife of 26 years and mother to our five children departed us today,” Dennis Troper stated on Facebook.
In addition to being Wojcicki’s lifelong best friend and partner, Troper described Wojcicki as “a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many.”
Her influence on the globe, as well as our family, was immense. Troper remarked, “We are thankful for the time we had with her, even though we are devastated. “Please remember our family as we get through this trying time.”
As one of the most well-known women in Silicon Valley, Wojcicki had been connected with Google, the parent company of YouTube, since the firm’s two founders first worked on developing a search engine in her California garage. She eventually joined Google as its sixteenth employee after almost twenty-five years of service.
Wojcicki was “core” to Google’s history, according to a post by Google CEO Sundar Pichai on X early on Saturday. Pichai conveyed his condolences.
“She was an amazing individual, friend, and leader who made a huge difference in the world. I, along with many other Googlers, am the better for having known her.” We will really miss her, remarked Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on X.
After nine years as YouTube’s CEO, Wojcicki said in a blog post last year that she would be “stepping back” from her position to concentrate on her family, health, and passion projects, CNN previously reported.
She was in charge of YouTube throughout the critical shift of the internet toward social media, as well as when online platforms came under growing criticism for disseminating hate speech, false information, and other undesirable content.
In her letter announcing her resignation in 2023, Wojcicki remarked, “I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved.” “It’s been intense, significant, and all-consuming.”
