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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies Of Lung Cancer Months After 19-Year-Old Son's Death

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

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies | Photo: Instagram
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Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube and one of the first employees of Google, has died at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with cancer.

Her husband, Dennis Troper, announced the news on Facebook, saying: "It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after two years of living with non-small cell lung cancer."

Wojcicki and Troper married in 1998 and share five children. In February, Wojcicki바카라s 19 year old son Marco Troper was found dead inside a University of California, Berkeley dorm room.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai paid tribute to Wojcicki on X (formerly Twitter), saying: 바카라Unbelievably 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 it바카라s hard to imagine the world without her.바카라

One of the most prominent women in tech, Wojcicki stepped down from her role at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for nine years. She said she wanted to 바카라start a new chapter focused on my family, health and personal projects I바카라m passionate about바카라.

바카라It would be one of the best decisions of my life,바카라 Wojcicki wrote when she announced her departure.

She became CEO of YouTube in 2014. Before Google, Wojcicki worked at Intel and Bain & Company. 

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