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Susan Wojcicki

YouTube · Santa Clara, USA

Quietly engineered two of the biggest internet acquisitions in history and then ran the world's largest video platform for a decade.

Quiet operatorLong-term institution-buildingWorking parent advocacy
Susan Wojcicki
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Company
YouTube
Journey

Moves that mattered.

  1. 1998
    Rented her garage to Page and Brin — became Google employee #16.
  2. 2005
    Proposed Google buy YouTube; led the deal in 2006.
  3. 2014
    Became CEO of YouTube.
  4. 2023
    Stepped down; YouTube generating $30B+ ad revenue.
Struggles

Pregnant five times while building products at Google; long-time advocate for parental-leave policy.

Family

Was married to Dennis Troper; five children. Sister of Anne Wojcicki.

The full story

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    The story

    Quietly engineered two of the biggest internet acquisitions in history and then ran the world's largest video platform for a decade.

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