Most YouTubers know Susan Wojcicki, the former YouTube CEO.
From 2014 to 2023, Wojcicki grew YouTube’s monthly active users grew to over 2 billion, and daily watch time reached 1 billion hours. She prioritized innovation, launching new products such as YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, and YouTube Shorts, which surpassed 50 billion daily views by 2023.
Wojcicki also played a key role in improving YouTube’s relationship with the music industry, striking milestone licensing agreements and successfully launching YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, which expanded to over 100 million paying subscribers globally.
She navigated policy challenges, tightening YouTube’s policies on hate speech and violent extremism while emphasizing educational content.
In other words, YouTube wouldn’t be what it is today, if not for her.
Last year, she announced that she was stepping down to focus on “my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”
Unfortunately, 1.5 years later, she has passed on.
The 56-year-old has died after living with lung cancer for two years, which means she stepped down from YouTube when she started her battle with cancer.
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at Age 56
A pioneering figure in the tech industry, her death was announced by her husband, Dennis Troper.
“It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non-small cell lung cancer,” Troper wrote in a Facebook post.
Troper described Wojcicki as “not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many.” He emphasized the profound impact she had on their family and the world, expressing heartbreak but also gratitude for the time they had together. “Please keep our family in your thoughts as we navigate this difficult time,” he added.
Other than being YouTube CEO, Wojcicki was a significant figure in Silicon Valley, known for her early involvement with Google, where she played a pivotal role as its 16th employee.
She was instrumental in the company’s growth, having been involved since its founders worked out of her garage in California. She spent nearly 25 years at Google, contributing to its success and eventually leading YouTube.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed his condolences, noting Wojcicki’s crucial role in Google’s history. “She was an incredible person, leader, and friend who had a tremendous impact on the world and I’m one of countless Googlers who is better for knowing her. We will miss her dearly,” Pichai wrote 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…
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) August 10, 2024
The current YouTube CEO is Neal Mohan, who succeeded Wojcicki in February 2023.
Mohan worked at Accenture and NetGravity before joining DoubleClick in 2005, which was acquired by Google in 2007. Mohan worked closely with Wojcicki for 15 years at Google and YouTube, becoming Chief Product Officer in 2015 and overseeing the launches of YouTube TV, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Shorts before taking the top job.
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