Catastrophe has actually once again struck a popular Silicon Valley household. Previous YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki simply died, according to social networks posts by her other half, Dennis Troper, and by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. She was 56.
Composed Troper on Facebook earlier Friday night, “It is with extensive unhappiness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My cherished partner of 26 years and mom to our 5 kids left us today after 2 years of dealing with non-small cell lung cancer.”
“Susan was not simply my friend and partner in life, however a dazzling mind, a caring mom, and a dear buddy to numerous. Her influence on our household and the world was countless. We are sad, however grateful for the time we had with her. Please keep our household in your ideas as we browse this hard time.”
Incredibly saddened by the loss of my dear good friend @SusanWojcicki after 2 years of coping with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anybody, and it's difficult to envision the world without her. She was an unbelievable individual, leader and good friend who had an incredible …
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) August 10, 2024
Pichai likewise sent out a note to Google workers late Friday.
“By now you might have heard the news that Susan Wojcicki has actually died after 2 years of coping with lung cancer. Even as I compose this it feels difficult to me that it's real. Susan was among the most active and lively individuals I have actually ever satisfied,” the note stated.
Non-small cell lung cancer is among 2 main kinds of lung cancer and the most typical kind, according to the Yale School of Medicine. Since its signs are typically incorrect for typical health problems, 80 percent of individuals detected with the condition have actually currently advanced to innovative phases, according to a reality sheet related to the university.
Wojcicki's death begins the heels of another heart-breaking loss for Wojcicki and her partner in February of this year, when their 19-year-old child, Marco Troper, passed away of an unexpected overdose in his dormitory at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a freshman.
Wojcicki increased to popularity as the CEO of YouTube, a function she held for 9 years before stepping down in early 2023, stating in an article at the time that she had actually “chosen to begin a brand-new chapter concentrated on my household, health and individual tasks I'm enthusiastic about.”
Wojcicki was amongst the very first 20 workers of Google, which went on to get YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion– what looked like a huge quantity at the time. She notoriously ended up being included with the business after leasing the garage of her Menlo Park, Calif., home to good friends Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were Ph.D. trainees at Stanford at the time. (Google was reorganized in 2015, at which point Alphabet became its moms and dad business.)
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