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Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Influential Google Exec, Dies at 56


Susan Wojcicki, who served as CEO of YouTube and was one of Google's first executives, has died. She was 56.

Susan Wojcicki, who served as CEO of YouTube for nine years during a period of massive growth for the video platform and was one of Google’s first hires, has died. “Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend @SusanWojcicki after two years of living with cancer,” Pichai wrote in a post Friday night on X. Google’s appointment of Wojcicki, one of the company’s most senior execs, reflected how important the video platform had become to its advertising business.

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