{"id":2322398,"date":"2024-08-10T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/susan-wojcicki-former-youtube-ceo-and-longtime-google-executive-has-died-at-56-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T16:51:14","slug":"susan-wojcicki-former-youtube-ceo-and-longtime-google-executive-has-died-at-56-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/susan-wojcicki-former-youtube-ceo-and-longtime-google-executive-has-died-at-56-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsusan-wojcicki-former-youtube-ceo-and-longtime-google-executive-has-died-at-56-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">significant figure<\/a> at\u2064 Google, has passed away at the age of 56. Her husband confirmed the news. Wojcicki \u200bwas \u200ca pivotal force in the establishment of \u2064Google and led YouTube for nine \u200cyears, \u2063stepping down last year to focus on her family, health, and personal projects. \u200dWidely respected \u200das a\u2064 leading female executive in the predominantly male \u200btech industry, \u200dshe\u2064 initially collaborated with Google \u2063co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin after renting them a garage for\u2063 their \u200dstartup\u2063 in\u200d 1998. Wojcicki&#8217;s contributions to the tech\u200b world have \u2062left a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&amp;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">lasting impact<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726559\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-to-release-a-wholly-truthful-megxit-memoir\/\" title=\"Prince Harry To Release A \u2018Wholly Truthful\u2019 \u2018Megxit\u2019 Memoir\">helped shape<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">&#038;nbsp<\/a><\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/google-data-center-fort-wayne-indiana-8d0f114f54f511995f0b86bf4170f933\">Google<\/a>&nbsp;and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56.<\/p>\n<p>Wojcicki played a key role in Google&rsquo;s creation and served nine years as YouTube&rsquo;s CEO,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/19e18ebcd986490e0ff9e66e429d66c2\">stepping down<\/a>&nbsp;last year to focus on her &ldquo;family, health, and personal projects I&rsquo;m passionate about,&rdquo; she said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>She was one of the most respected female executives in the male-dominated tech industry.<\/p>\n<p>Her collaboration with Google co-founders&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/email-and-messaging-data-management-and-storage-mobile-apps-california-san-francisco-9f1af297fee94b06b9f191d4dfcd7e68\">Larry Page and Sergey Brin<\/a>&nbsp;began shortly after they incorporated their search engine into a business in 1998. Wojcicki rented the garage of her Menlo Park, California, home to them for $1,700 a month, cementing a formative partnership. Page and Brin &mdash; both 25 at the time &mdash; continued to refine their search engine in Wojcicki&rsquo;s garage for five months before moving Google into a more formal office and later persuaded their former landlord to come work for their company.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her loss is devastating for all of us who know and love her, for the thousands of Googlers she led over the years, and for millions of people all over the world who looked up to her, benefited from her advocacy and leadership, and felt the impact of the incredible things she created at Google, YouTube, and beyond,&rdquo; Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a note to employees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-slows-approval-of-affordable-cancer-drug-in-the-name-of-racial-equity\/\" title=\"FDA Slows Approval Of Affordable Cancer Drug In The Name Of Racial \u2018Equity\u2019\">small cell lung cancer<\/a>,&rdquo; her husband, Dennis Troper, said in a social media post late Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many,&rdquo; Troper said.<\/p>\n<p>No other details of her death were immediately provided.<\/p>\n<p>Wojcicki and Troper&rsquo;s 19-year-old son, Marco Troper,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/e1c37b1d00c443469cba35ecbe5ff6c3\">died in February<\/a>&nbsp;at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided as a freshman student.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726559\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726559\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube and a long-time executive at Google, has passed away at the age of 56, as confirmed by her husband. Wojcicki was instrumental in the development of both Google and YouTube, having served as YouTube&#8217;s CEO for nine years before resigning last year to prioritize her &#8220;family, health, and personal projects.&#8221; She was highly regarded as one of the leading female figures in a predominantly male tech industry. Her collaboration with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin began shortly after they established their search engine business in 1998 when she rented them a garage in Menlo Park, California for $1,700 per month. This partnership proved significant as Page and Brin worked on refining their search engine there for five months before moving to an official office; they later convinced Wojcicki to join their company. In a message to employees, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, expressed that her passing is a tremendous loss for those who knew her personally as well as for countless individuals worldwide who admired her contributions at Google and YouTube. Wojcicki&#8217;s husband Dennis Troper shared on social media that she had been battling non-small cell lung cancer for two years before her death. He described Susan not only as his best friend but also as an exceptional mind and loving mother. Additional details regarding her passing have not been disclosed. Tragically, their son Marco Troper passed away earlier this year while attending UC Berkeley as a freshman student<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2322399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Susan-Wojcicki-youtube-ceo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6063,32229,37773,6562],"class_list":["post-2322398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-google","tag-obituary","tag-susan-wojcicki","tag-youtube"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Susan-Wojcicki-youtube-ceo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}