Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56, Google CEO Says

Former YouTube CEO and Google insider Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56 after a two-year battle with cancer, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Saturday on social media platform X.

“Incredibly saddened by the loss of my dear friend Susan Wojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as important to the Google story as anyone else and it’s hard to imagine a world without her,” Pichai wrote in the post.

Wojcicki, one of the most influential women in tech, stepped down from her position at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for nine years.

“It is with deep sadness that I share the news of the death of Susan Wojcicki. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother of our five children passed away today after 2 years of living with non-small cell lung cancer,” Dennis Troper, Wojcicki’s husband, wrote on Facebook earlier that evening.