31 Facts About Susan Wojcicki

Susan Diane Wojcicki was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer of YouTube from 2014 to 2023.

Susan Wojcicki became involved in the creation of Google in 1998 when she rented out her garage as an office to the company's founders.

Susan Wojcicki worked as Google's first marketing manager in 1999, leading the company's online advertising business and original video service.

Susan Wojcicki was appointed CEO of YouTube in 2014, serving until resigning in February 2023.

Susan Diane Wojcicki was born in Santa Clara, California, on July 5,1968, the daughter of Esther Wojcicki, an American journalist, and Stanley Wojcicki, a Polish physics professor at Stanford University.

Susan Wojcicki's paternal grandfather, Franciszek Wojcicki, was a Polish politician who was elected MP during the 1947 Polish legislative election.

Susan Wojcicki's paternal grandmother, Janina Wojcicka Hoskins, was a Polish-American librarian at the Library of Congress and was responsible for building the largest collection of Polish material in the US She had two sisters: Janet, a doctor of anthropology and epidemiology, and Anne, an entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe.

Susan Wojcicki grew up on the Stanford campus, where mathematical scientist George Dantzig was her neighbor.

Susan Wojcicki attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, and wrote for the school newspaper.

Susan Wojcicki studied history and literature at Harvard University and graduated with honors in 1990.

Susan Wojcicki originally planned on getting a PhD in economics and pursuing a career in academia but changed her plans when she discovered an interest in technology.

Susan Wojcicki received her MS in economics in 1993 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MBA in 1998 from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Susan Wojcicki was introduced to the pair through a mutual friend around the time she was newly married and struggling to afford the mortgage on her recent house purchase.

Susan Wojcicki co-developed and launched Google Image Search with engineer Huican Zhu.

Susan Wojcicki earned the Google Founders' Award in recognition for this work.

Susan Wojcicki served on the board of Room to Read, an organization that focuses on literacy and gender equality in education, and was a board member of UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Susan Wojcicki emphasized new YouTube applications and experiences designed to cater to users interested in family gaming, and music content.

Susan Wojcicki launched YouTube's advertisement-free subscription service, YouTube Premium, and its over-the-top internet television service YouTube TV.

Susan Wojcicki reported over 100 billion hours of global gaming content watched on the platform in 2020.

Susan Wojcicki tightened YouTube's policy on videos it regards as potentially violating its policies on hate speech and violent extremism.

Susan Wojcicki has emphasized educational content as a priority for the company, and on July 20,2018, announced the initiative YouTube Learning, which invests in grants and promotion to support education focused creator content.

On October 22,2018, Susan Wojcicki wrote that Article 13, as written in the European Union Copyright Directive, would make YouTube directly liable for copyrighted content, and poses a threat to content creators' ability to share their work.

On February 16,2023, Susan Wojcicki announced her resignation from YouTube via a company blog post.

Susan Wojcicki said she wanted to focus on "family, health, and personal projects" but would be taking on an advisory role across Google and its parent company Alphabet.

Susan Wojcicki was an advocate for several causes, including the expansion of paid family leave, the plight of Syrian refugees, countering gender discrimination at technology companies, getting young girls interested in computer science, and prioritizing computer programming and coding in schools.

Susan Wojcicki owned a real estate holding company that worked on the sustainable growth of Los Altos, California.

Susan Wojcicki endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election.

Susan Wojcicki married Dennis Troper, a director of product management at Google, in Belmont, California, on August 23,1998.

Susan Wojcicki was often quoted talking about the importance of finding the balance between family and career.

Susan Wojcicki died on August 9,2024, at the age of 56, after living with non-small-cell lung cancer for two years.

In November 2024, three months after her death, a final message prepared by Susan Wojcicki was publicly released where she reflected on her career, highlighting the significance of creativity, collaboration, and adhering to core values in leadership.