Former CEO, Youtube
From 2014 through 2023, Susan Wojcicki was the CEO of YouTube, the world’s most popular digital video platform used by billions of people around the world to access information, share video, and shape culture. She was an early champion of online video and instrumental in Google’s 2006 acquisition of YouTube. As CEO, Susan oversaw YouTube’s content and business operations, engineering, and product development.
Prior to joining YouTube in February 2014, Susan was Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce at Google, where she oversaw the design and engineering of AdWords, AdSense, DoubleClick, and Google Analytics. She joined Google in 1999 as the company’s first marketing manager and led the initial development of several key consumer products including Google Images and Google Books. In 2002, Susan began working on Google’s advertising products and over the next 12 years she led teams that helped define the vision and direction of Google’s monetization platforms.
Susan graduated with honors from Harvard University, held a master’s in economics from UC Santa Cruz, and an MBA from UCLA. In 2015, Susan was named to Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In August 2024, Susan passed away after two years of living with lung cancer. She leaves behind a legacy of advocacy – addressing tech’s gender imbalance through STEM education for girls, pushing to bring more women into tech, lobbying for better parental leave policies, and resourcing groups that support women and underrepresented employees.
