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☆ Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO, died at 56 from a type of lung cancer that is often diagnosed late
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, died at 56 from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC accounts for 85% of all lung cancer cases, many of which are diagnosed late. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementSusan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, died from lung cancer on Friday. In a Facebook post, her husband, Dennis Troper, said that Wojcicki died "after 2 years of living with non small cell lung cancer."

Persons: Susan Wojcicki, —, Dennis Troper, Wojcicki Organizations: YouTube, Service, Business

☆ Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies at 56 of lung cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

YouTube’s former chief executive and long-time Google executive Susan Wojcicki died on Saturday at the age of 56 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. Before becoming CEO of YouTube in 2014, Wojcicki was senior vice president for ad products at Google. After nine years at the helm, Wojcicki stepped down from her role at YouTube in 2023 to focus on “family, health, and personal projects”. “Today we at YouTube lost a teammate, mentor, and friend, Susan Wojcicki,” Mohan said in a post on X.

Persons: YouTube’s, Susan Wojcicki, ” Dennis Troper, Susan, Sundar Pichai, Wojcicki, Neal Mohan, Larry, Sergey, ” Wojcicki, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, ” Mohan Organizations: Google, YouTube, Stanford

☆ Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died after living with lung cancer for two years, according to her husband. “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 2 years of living with non-small cell lung cancer,” Dennis Troper wrote in a Facebook post. “Please keep our family in your thoughts as we navigate this difficult time.”Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressed condolences in a post on X early Saturday, calling Wojcicki the “core” to Google’s history. “I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved,” Wojcicki wrote when announcing she was stepping down in 2023.

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☆ Former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley trailblazer Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

CEO Youtube Susan Wojcicki speaks during the 'What Matters Next' session during the Cannes Lions Festival 2018 on June 19, 2018 in Cannes, France. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who was also one of the most influential early Google employees, has died at the age of 56 according to posts shared online by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday night. Wojcicki's husband Dennis Troper wrote on Facebook early Friday night, "It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. Pichai confirmed the death and cancer condition in a post on social media Friday, writing that he was "unbelievably saddened" by the loss. During Wojcicki's tenure as YouTube CEO, she oversaw the company's rapid expansion, helping turn it into the largest video platform in the world.

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Susan Wojcicki, who helped turn Google from a start-up in her garage into an internet juggernaut and became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent female executives with her leadership of YouTube, died on Friday. Her death was confirmed by her husband, Dennis Troper, who wrote on Facebook on Friday that she had been living with lung cancer. A YouTube spokesman confirmed the date of her death. Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, announced her death in a statement on Friday. “She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it’s hard to imagine the world without her,” he said.

Persons: Susan Wojcicki, Dennis Troper, Sundar Pichai, ” Organizations: Google, YouTube, Facebook

☆ Son of former YouTube CEO found dead in UC Berkeley dorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marco Troper, son of YouTube's former CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead in his UC Berkeley dorm at 19. The UC Berkeley freshman was found dead in his dorm room on campus on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the school confirmed to the outlet. Troper was found unresponsive Tuesday at the student housing complex Clark Kerr Campus at about 4:23 p.m. local time, UC Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore told NBC. … One thing we do know, it was a drug," she told SFGATE, calling her grandson "loving" and a "math genius." Wojcicki told the outlet that a toxicology report will take up to 30 days to receive results.

Persons: Marco Troper, Susan Wojcicki, —, Janet Gilmore, Esther Wojcicki, SFGATE, Wojcicki Organizations: UC Berkeley, Service, Clark, NBC, Berkeley Fire Department, Business

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