Full Name | Susan Diane Wojcicki |
Birth | July 5, 1968 (age 55) |
Place of Birth | Santa Clara County, California, U.S. |
Education | BA from Harvard University, MS from University of California, Santa Cruz, MBA from University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Business manager and executive advisor |
Title | Former CEO of YouTube (2014–2023) |
Successor | Neal Mohan |
Board Memberships | Salesforce, Room to Read, UCLA Anderson School of Management |
Spouse | Dennis Troper (m. 1998) |
Children | 5 |
Parents | Stanley Wojcicki (father), Esther Wojcicki (mother) |
Relatives | Anne Wojcicki (sister), Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (grandmother), Franciszek Wójcicki (grandfather) |
Net Worth | $500 million |
Early Involvement with Google | Rented garage to Google’s founders in 1998, Google’s first marketing manager in 1999 |
Notable Contributions | Led Google’s online advertising and original video service, suggested Google’s acquisition of YouTube |
YouTube CEO Tenure | Appointed CEO in 2014, resigned in February 2023 |
Early Career | Worked at Intel Corporation, Bain & Company, and R.B. Webber & Company |
Early Life | Grew up on the Stanford campus, neighbor to mathematical scientist George Dantzig |
High School | Attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California |
First Business | Selling “spice ropes” door-to-door at age eleven |
College Major | Studied history and literature at Harvard University |
Change of Career Path | Initially planned a PhD in economics but shifted to technology |