JAKARTA - Susan Wojcicki, a former YouTube CEO who had served for almost a decade until her resignation last year, died at the age of 56 on Saturday, August 11.

Distributed by her husband, Dennis Troper in a Facebook post, she revealed that Wojcicki had had lung cancer for the past two years.

It is with deep sadness that I convey the news of the death of Susan Wojcicki. My beloved wife for 26 years and the mother of five children we left today after 2 years living with small non-cell lung cancer," wrote Troper.

In 2014, Wojcicki was appointed CEO of YouTube, which became an important part of Google under his leadership.

For the fiscal year 2022, the year before he resigned, YouTube's advertising generated revenues of 29.24 billion US dollars or around R466 trillion, which is more than 10 percent of the company's total revenue.

Outside of his work with Google, Wojcicki also highlighted the issue of gender in the technology and suffering of refugees. He is also a supporter of long parental leave and talks about it is actually good for business.

During her tenure as CEO, Susan also managed to bring her team to extraordinary performance by launching big products such as YouTube TV, YouTube Music, and Premium and Shorts.


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