Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, has died at the age of 56

• Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, has died at the age of 56 after living with lung cancer.
• Wojcicki ran YouTube from 2014 to 2023.
• She is survived by her husband, Dennis Troper, and their children.

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, has died “after two years of living with cancer,” Alphabet CEO Sunder Pichai wrote on X, adding that he was “incredibly saddened by the loss.” She was 56 years old.

“She is as central to Google’s history as anyone, and it’s hard to imagine the world without her,” Pichai continued. “She was an incredible person, leader and friend who had a tremendous impact on the world, and I am one of the countless Googlers who are better off for knowing her. We will miss him very much. Our thoughts are with her family. RIP Susan.”