Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, dies at 56

Alphabet CEO Sunder Pichai wrote on X that former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki had died “after battling cancer for two years,” adding that he was “deeply saddened by her loss.” She died at the age of 56.

“She was a staple of Google’s history, and it’s hard to imagine a world without her,” Pichai continued. “She was an incredible person, leader, and friend who had an incredible impact on the world, and I’m one of the countless Googlers who feel better for having known her. We will miss her dearly. Our thoughts are with her family. May Susan rest in peace.”

Susan Wojcicki Dies She leaves behind her journalist and educator mother, Esther Wojcicki, her sister Janet, an anthropologist and epidemiologist, and 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne; her husband Dennis Troper; and four surviving children.

Wojcicki was preceded in death by her Polish-American physicist father, Stanley Wojcicki, and her son, Marco, who died in February of this year at the age of 19.

Wojcicki married Troper in 1998.

On Friday night, Troper wrote on Facebook, "My beloved wife of 26 years and mother of our five children, left us today after battling non-small-cell lung cancer for two years."

"Susan was not only my best friend and soulmate, but she was also a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a wonderful mother." "And a dear friend to many," the troper wrote.

Many tech figures have also paid tribute to the late executive.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff described Wojcicki in a post on X as "an industry pioneer, an exemplary mother, and a dear friend."

"Her gentle spirit, wise counsel, and charitable spirit touched the lives of so many," he wrote.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he was "devastated" to hear the news, adding that Wojcicki "was one of Silicon Valley's visionaries."

"She will be missed by many. May she rest in peace," he wrote on X.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X: "Rest in peace. It's so sad to see her take such an early life."

Wojcicki started at Google in 1999 and served as YouTube's CEO from 2014 until 2023.

Before joining Google, she gave a parking spot at the company, which was founded in 1998.

During her time at the company, Wojcicki played a key role in growing its advertising business, helping create AdSense and executing the deal to buy DoubleClick.

At YouTube, which was acquired by Google in 2006, Wojcicki oversaw the site into becoming the most popular video service on the web.

In 2023, Wojcicki announced that she would step down as YouTube's CEO to "start a new chapter focusing on my family, my health, and my personal passion projects."

A Google representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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