Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO, Dies at 56
Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, has died at 56 due to non-small cell lung cancer, confirmed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
The tech world is shaken by the news of the death of Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube and a trailblazing figure in Silicon Valley who has succumbed to non-small cell lung cancer at the age of 56. The news of her death was confirmed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in his post on the social media service X, where he added that he was deeply saddened by the passing of a close friend and a leading figure in the history of Google.
During her nine-year tenure as YouTube’s CEO, Wojcicki, known for her outstanding leadership, growth, and transformation of the platform, saw the most pivotal years of the platform’s development. Sharing his memories on Facebook, Dennis Troper, Wojcicki’s husband and father of their five children, added that both the tech industry and people around the globe will remember her as one of the most influential women in the digital world and one of the pivotal faces that helped to create what technology is today.
