Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering technology executive, helped design it Google and YouTube, her husband said, had died. She is 56 years old.
Wojcicki was instrumental in the creation of Google and served as CEO of YouTube for nine years. going down He said at the time last year that his “family, health and personal plans have been busy.”
She was one of the most respected female executives in the male-dominated technology industry.
His collaboration with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin It started shortly after they incorporated the search engine into the business in 1998. Wojcicki rents his Menlo Park, California garage for $1,700 a month to secure a joint venture. Page and Brin — who were 25 at the time — spent five months refining their search engine in Wojcicki’s garage before moving Google to a more formal office.
“Her loss is devastating for all of us who knew and loved her, for the thousands of Googlers she led over the years, and for the millions of people around the world who saw her, benefited from her advocacy and leadership, and felt the impact of the incredible things she created at Google, YouTube and beyond,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a memo to employees.
“My beloved wife of 26 years and mother of our five children left us today after 2 years of living with small cell lung cancer,” her husband, Dennis Troper, said in a social media post late Friday.
“Susan was not only my best friend and partner in life, but also a brilliant mind, a loving mother and a dear friend to many,” Troper said.
No other details about his death were immediately available.
Wojcicki and Tropper’s 19-year-old son, Marco Tropper, Died in February He lived on the UC Berkeley campus as a freshman.
“Friend of animals everywhere. Devoted analyst. Total alcohol scholar. Infuriatingly humble food trailblazer.”