Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer

Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening: … Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as its 16th employee and first marketing manager.

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@crumbler Casey Newton on threads
Some very sad news tonight: former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki passed away today, per a Facebook post from her husband. No cause of death was given, but she was said to be battling cancer for some time. RIP.
@hankgreen Hank Green on threads
Susan stepped down from her role barely a year ago after leading youtube for nearly ten extremely complex and fraught years. I got to know her fairly well over that time and found her to be amazingly thoughtful but also surprisingly kind considering how goddamn tough she was. T…
@lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on threads
She died so young yet having made such a major mark in tech and business - my condolences to her family, loved ones and all who love her. — RE: https://www.threads.net/...
@sundarpichai Sundar Pichai on x
Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend @SusanWojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it's hard to imagine the world without her. She was an incredible person, leader and friend who had a tremendous
@nealmohan Neal Mohan on x
Today we @youtube lost a teammate, mentor, and friend, @SusanWojcicki. I had the good fortune of meeting Susan 17 years ago when she was the architect of the DoubleClick acquisition. Her legacy lives on in everything she touched @google and @youtube. I am forever grateful for
@reneritchie Rene Ritchie on x
Thanks to @SusanWojcicki, her vision, determination, leadership, and the unique partnership she sparked between YouTube and creators, we have all not only been given a voice and shown the world, but we've forged together opportunity, dignity, and legitimacy, set the foundations
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
Sundar Pichai, CEO of google, just sent this memo out to all google employees memorializing Wojcicki and the time she spent building the company with Larry Page and Sergey Brin [image]
@jason @jason on x
RIP Susan Wojcicki [image]
@christine_tsai Christine Tsai on x
❤️❤️
@cadale Chris Dale on x
@SusanWojcicki touched so many lives in so many ways. Her life was cut cruelly short today. Her energy, enthusiasm, creativity and authenticity were boundless. She loved @google and @YouTube so very much. The world is better because she was in it. She will be so deeply missed.

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