YouTube ex-CEO and one of the first Google employees Susan Wojcicki has died at the age of 56 after two years of living with cancer, Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said on social media platform X on Saturday.
“Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend Susan Wojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it’s hard to imagine the world without her,” Pichai wrote in a post.
Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in tech, stepped down from her role at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for nine years.
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Wojcicki resigned from YouTube in February 2023 to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects.”
Google’s 16th employee, Wojcicki had personally convinced the company’s board to purchase YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006. In a way, Wojcicki ruined YouTube after becoming the queen of censorship, banning 100s of alternative news sites and influencers, demonetizing companies simply for not following Washington’s “narrative”. This led to the rise of Rumble, as users looked for other video platforms where they wouldn’t get censored for their opinions.
