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Susan Wojcicki

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Susan Wojcicki
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Susan Wojcicki was a notable angel investor and former CEO of YouTube, where she led the platform from 2014 to 2023. She made 18 angel investments in companies including World Labs, Midi Health, and Solace, focusing on AI, healthcare, and consumer technology.

Before founding

Susan graduated with honors from Harvard University in history and literature, earned a master's in economics from UC Santa Cruz, and an MBA from UCLA. She worked at Intel and Bain & Company before becoming Google employee number 16 in 1999, famously renting her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Founder Insights

Susan was Google's first marketing manager and created AdSense, earning the Google Founders' Award. She championed Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube in 2006 and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2015.

Experience

As YouTube CEO, she grew the platform to 2 billion monthly users watching 1 billion hours daily and paid over $30 billion to creators. She served on the boards of Salesforce and Room to Read, and as President of the Philip and Rebecca Hochman Foundation.

Scale & Impact

Under her leadership, YouTube expanded to 100 countries in 80 languages and developed 10 monetization forms for creators. She was a strong advocate for paid parental leave and gender equality in tech, ranking number 6 on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017.

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Susan Wojcicki

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Susan Wojcicki

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About

Susan Wojcicki was a notable angel investor and former CEO of YouTube, where she led the platform from 2014 to 2023. She made 18 angel investments in companies including World Labs, Midi Health, and Solace, focusing on AI, healthcare, and consumer technology.

Before founding

Susan graduated with honors from Harvard University in history and literature, earned a master's in economics from UC Santa Cruz, and an MBA from UCLA. She worked at Intel and Bain & Company before becoming Google employee number 16 in 1999, famously renting her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Founder Insights

Susan was Google's first marketing manager and created AdSense, earning the Google Founders' Award. She championed Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube in 2006 and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2015.

Experience

As YouTube CEO, she grew the platform to 2 billion monthly users watching 1 billion hours daily and paid over $30 billion to creators. She served on the boards of Salesforce and Room to Read, and as President of the Philip and Rebecca Hochman Foundation.

Scale & Impact

Under her leadership, YouTube expanded to 100 countries in 80 languages and developed 10 monetization forms for creators. She was a strong advocate for paid parental leave and gender equality in tech, ranking number 6 on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017.

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