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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
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Company
YouTube
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1998Rented her garage to Page and Brin — became Google employee #16.
- 2005Proposed Google buy YouTube; led the deal in 2006.
- 2014Became CEO of YouTube.
- 2023Stepped 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.
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- ↗wikipedia.orgSusan Wojcicki on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comYouTube — official site
- ↗news.google.comSusan Wojcicki in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comYouTube on Crunchbase
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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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