Susan Wojcicki Biography AND INTRESTING FACTS

Susan Wojcicki Biography: Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube. She has been with the company since February 2014. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Advertising & Commerce at Google, where she was responsible for the company’s advertising and analytic products.

Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as the company’s first marketing manager and has held a number of leadership positions at the company over the years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard University and a master’s degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Susan Wojcicki FACTS

• Susan Wojcicki is the first female CEO of YouTube
• She is the sister of Anne Wojcicki, CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe
• She was the first employee of Google to work out of her garage in Menlo Park, California, which eventually became the company’s first headquarters.
• Wojcicki has been listed as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes, Fortune and Time magazine.
• She was instrumental in the development and success of Google’s advertising business, which became the company’s main source of revenue.
• Wojcicki has been a vocal advocate for increasing the representation of women and minorities in the technology industry.
• She is a member of the Board of Directors of SurveyMonkey.
• Wojcicki is also a member of the Board of Directors of Expedia Group.
• She is the author of the book “How to Make Advertising Work on the Internet”
• Susan Wojcicki is a proponent of parental leave and has advocated for it in her company and the industry.