Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Googler who spent almost a decade because the CEO of YouTube, passed away Friday after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung most cancers.
Wojcicki, who was 56, famously rented the storage of her Menlo Park dwelling to Larry Web page and Sergey Brin as they had been beginning Google. She then grew to become one of many firm’s first 20 workers, taking over the chief govt function at YouTube in 2014, earlier than stepping down last year.
As soon as her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared the information on Friday evening, Wojcicki’s colleagues, buddies, and friends started posting their very own reminiscences and reflections. We’ve gathered a few of their posts right here; we’ll replace as extra are printed.
Marc Benioff (Salesforce co-founder and CEO):
Tim Cook (Apple CEO):
Neal Mohan (YouTube CEO):
Melinda French Gates (philanthropist):
John Green (author and YouTuber):
I’m heartbroken to study that former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died. She was (very quietly) the one largest donor to our challenge supporting maternal well being in Sierra Leone. She by no means as soon as requested for credit score or consideration for her presents–simply privately supported our challenge and plenty of others. An distinctive chief and individual.
Hank Green (author and YouTuber):
Susan stepped down from her function barely a yr in the past after main youtube for almost ten extraordinarily advanced and fraught years. I received to know her pretty properly over that point and located her to be amazingly considerate but additionally surprisingly variety contemplating how goddamn robust she was. That is so fucking unhappy…
Diane von Furstenberg (dressmaker):
Relaxation in Peace pricey Susan Wojcicki, mom, sister, daughter, loyal pal …Clever, considerate, humorous … we’ll all miss you ❤️🙏❤️…witness to our century , Google began in her storage… YouTube blossomed underneath her management… She fought for her life and eventually went to hitch her beloved son Marco ! The world gained’t be the identical with out you …. Relaxation in Peace ❤️❤️❤️
Kara Swisher (journalist):
She was a real treasure in Silicon Valley, a sort, heat and loving girl who led with integrity, whereas additionally being an incredible father or mother to 5 children.
Marques Brownlee (YouTuber):
Emily Chang (journalist):
Ron Conway (enterprise capitalist):
Alex Winter (director, “The YouTube Impact”):
RIP Susan Wojcicki. I interviewed her for our YouTube doc, and I discovered her good, gracious, compassionate, and keen to take heed to and take into account some intense criticism of the platform.
Matt Ross (former YouTube govt and founding father of Day2 Well being):
Such unhappy information. Susan was an unbelievable chief however she led with compassion. She was so good to me after I received my Parkinson’s analysis and would extremely discover time to test in on me. She didn’t at all times just like the inventive work I introduced. However had an incredible capability to reject work she didn’t like with out making you’re feeling like an entire fool. Wishing her household a protracted life.
Ellen K. Pao (Venture Embrace CEO, former Reddit CEO):
Katie Jacobs Stanton (enterprise capitalist):
