Early Life & Education: Born on July 5, 1968, in Santa Clara, California, Susan Wojcicki grew up in the Stanford area, studied at Harvard, UC Santa Cruz, and UCLA.
Early Career:Wojcicki rented her Menlo Park garage to Google in 1998, joining as its first marketing manager in 1999.
Advertising Innovations:She led the launch of AdWords in 2000, AdSense in 2003, and the acquisition of Applied Semantics for online display advertising.
Acquisitions and Expansion:Oversaw Google's acquisitions of DoubleClick in 2008 and AdMob in 2009, expanding into mobile advertising.
Involvement with Video Sharing:Wojcicki worked on Google Video in 2005 and oversaw the acquisition of YouTube in 2006.
Leadership at YouTube:Promoted to Google senior VP in 2010, became YouTube CEO in 2014, managing over one billion monthly users.
Advocacy for Paid Parental Leave:A strong supporter of paid parental leave, Wojcicki has a sister, Anne Wojcicki, who is a prominent entrepreneur in personal genomics.
Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.