Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56


Wojcicki, who played an instrumental role in the rise of Google, has died at the age of 56 after battling lung cancer, her husband announced on Aug 9, 2024. Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, spent nearly two decades helping transform Google from the search engine startup that was launched in her garage to a global tech behemoth. — AFP

Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56.

Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube's CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about”, she said at the time.

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