Susan Wojcicki YouTube Chief dead at 56

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QuoteFormer YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies at 56 of lung cancer
By Mrinmay Dey
August 10, 20248:51 AM EDTUpdated 7 days ago

Aug 10 (Reuters) - 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. 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, Wojcicki's husband, said in a Facebook post.

"Over the last two years, even as she dealt with great personal difficulties, Susan devoted herself to making the world better through her philanthropy, including supporting research for the disease that ultimately took her life," Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post, opens new tab.
One of the most prominent women in tech, Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 to become one of the first few employees of the web search leader, years before it acquired YouTube.
Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion.
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". She was replaced by her deputy, Neal Mohan, a senior advertising and product executive who joined Google in 2008. Wojcicki at that time planned to take on an advisory role at Alphabet, Google's parent company.
"Twenty-five years ago I made the decision to join a couple of Stanford graduate students who were building a new search engine. Their names were Larry and Sergey .... It would be one of the best decisions of my life," Wojcicki wrote in a blog post, opens new tab on the day she left YouTube, referring to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
"Today we at YouTube lost a teammate, mentor, and friend, Susan Wojcicki," Mohan said in a post on X, opens new tab.

Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard and Mark Potter


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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

FILE - YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during a conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Wojcicki has died, according to her husband, Dennis Troper in a statement posted on social media late Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

BY  KEN MILLER AND MAE ANDERSON
Updated 1:42 PM EDT, August 10, 2024
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Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56.

Wojcicki played a key role in Google's creation and served nine years as YouTube's CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her "family, health, and personal projects I'm passionate about," she said at the time.

She was one of the most respected female executives in the male-dominated tech industry.

Her collaboration with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin began shortly after they incorporated their search engine into a business in 1998. Wojcicki rented the garage of her Menlo Park, California, home to them for $1,700 a month, cementing a formative partnership. Page and Brin — both 25 at the time — continued to refine their search engine in Wojcicki's garage for five months before moving Google into a more formal office and later persuaded their former landlord to come work for their company.

Wojcicki joined Google, now known as Alphabet, as its marketing manager in 1999 and served in various positions as Google grew its online advertising presence by acquiring YouTube in 2006 and DoubleClick in 2008. She served as Google's senior vice president of advertising and commerce from 2011 to early 2014 and CEO of YouTube from 2014 to 2023.

"Her loss is devastating for all of us who know and love her, for the thousands of Googlers she led over the years, and for millions of people all over the world who looked up to her, benefited from her advocacy and leadership, and felt the impact of the incredible things she created at Google, YouTube, and beyond," Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a note to employees.

Former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was vice president of Google's sales and operations from 2001 to 2008 before decamping to Facebook, said in a Facebook post that Wojcicki was formative in her tech career.

"She taught me the business and helped me navigate a growing, fairly chaotic organization at the beginning of my career in tech," Sandberg wrote. "She was the person I turned to for advice over and over again. And she was this person for so many others too."

Her husband, Dennis Troper, announced her death in a social media post late Friday.

"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," he wrote.

"Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many," Troper said.

No other details of her death were immediately provided.

Wojcicki and Troper's 19-year-old son, Marco Troper, died in February at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided as a freshman student.

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I have noticed a pattern involving Tech Giants dying quite young. Steve Jobs, an Apple Co Founder, was in his 60s. Barry Altman, a Cabletech business partner that utilized original Commodore computers, ambitiously recreated a Commodore C64X souvenir meant to be released as merchandise for the Tron Legacy movie, also died in his 60s. Susan was in her 50s. I did not know that Susan had stepped down from her Google / You Tube position last year nor had became ill.

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vdeane

Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI Hate Links:
And I hate when the contents of entire articles are pasted onto the forum for no reason.  Links let people decide for themselves whether to read the entire article or not.  Sometimes people post a core snippet, but pasting the entire article means that now even those of us who got what we wanted out of the post have to plow through the article.
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In_Correct

Quote from: vdeane on August 17, 2024, 10:10:08 PM
Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI Hate Links:
And I hate when the contents of entire articles are pasted onto the forum for no reason.  Links let people decide for themselves whether to read the entire article or not.  Sometimes people post a core snippet, but pasting the entire article means that now even those of us who got what we wanted out of the post have to plow through the article.

AND DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT THERE IS OR NOT A REASON ?!

Many articles are paywalled, or get paywalled eventually, or there were other problems that AA Roads members including myself ended up needing to paste the entire article anyways.

I DO NOT participate in ZLOTH's endless and I mean endless " FULL ARTICLE HERE " topics, as the first time I even mentioned them, it would be nice if others would have this same courtesy if they encounter some thing they do not like, just scroll past it.
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vdeane

Quote from: In_Correct on August 18, 2024, 02:21:23 AM
Quote from: vdeane on August 17, 2024, 10:10:08 PM
Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI Hate Links:
And I hate when the contents of entire articles are pasted onto the forum for no reason.  Links let people decide for themselves whether to read the entire article or not.  Sometimes people post a core snippet, but pasting the entire article means that now even those of us who got what we wanted out of the post have to plow through the article.

AND DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT THERE IS OR NOT A REASON ?!

Many articles are paywalled, or get paywalled eventually, or there were other problems that AA Roads members including myself ended up needing to paste the entire article anyways.

I DO NOT participate in ZLOTH's endless and I mean endless " FULL ARTICLE HERE " topics, as the first time I even mentioned them, it would be nice if others would have this same courtesy if they encounter some thing they do not like, just scroll past it.
Most paywalls are pretty easy to get around if you aren't technologically impaired (and I highly doubt AP News will get paywalled).  And the Wayback Machine is a thing if you're digging up decade-old threads for some reason (most of us don't, which is why there are inevitably a ton of comments complaining when they get bumped for inane reasons).  Quite frankly, the fact of the matter is, I rarely follow links on forums and social media because I rarely feel the need to go into more depth than whatever post that linked to it mentioned.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

Molandfreak

Quote from: vdeane on August 18, 2024, 07:30:51 AM
Quote from: In_Correct on August 18, 2024, 02:21:23 AM
Quote from: vdeane on August 17, 2024, 10:10:08 PM
Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI Hate Links:
And I hate when the contents of entire articles are pasted onto the forum for no reason.  Links let people decide for themselves whether to read the entire article or not.  Sometimes people post a core snippet, but pasting the entire article means that now even those of us who got what we wanted out of the post have to plow through the article.

AND DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT THERE IS OR NOT A REASON ?!

Many articles are paywalled, or get paywalled eventually, or there were other problems that AA Roads members including myself ended up needing to paste the entire article anyways.

I DO NOT participate in ZLOTH's endless and I mean endless " FULL ARTICLE HERE " topics, as the first time I even mentioned them, it would be nice if others would have this same courtesy if they encounter some thing they do not like, just scroll past it.
Most paywalls are pretty easy to get around if you aren't technologically impaired (and I highly doubt AP News will get paywalled).  And the Wayback Machine is a thing if you're digging up decade-old threads for some reason (most of us don't, which is why there are inevitably a ton of comments complaining when they get bumped for inane reasons).  Quite frankly, the fact of the matter is, I rarely follow links on forums and social media because I rarely feel the need to go into more depth than whatever post that linked to it mentioned.
But what should really happen is linking to the paywalled version alongside an archive or a capture from printfriendly.com for the sake of convenience. I mean yeah, it's kind of sleazy, but I have no respect for companies like Forbes that paywall content that was previously free with ads anyway.
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ZLoth

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Quote from: In_Correct on August 18, 2024, 02:21:23 AMI DO NOT participate in ZLOTH's endless and I mean endless " FULL ARTICLE HERE " topics, as the first time I even mentioned them, it would be nice if others would have this same courtesy if they encounter some thing they do not like, just scroll past it.

Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI Hate Links

It's an old habit that is at least twenty-two years old now. I share articles that I find interesting, but not always something I agree with. The problem is that news articles are often copyrighted, although a quote for fair use is allowed. If you notice, there is the same pattern.... I provide where I obtained the original article, the headline, and a brief paragraph or three. Then, of course, the link back to the original material. It goes back to those old high school or college papers... cite thy source.

It came in handy when I was a moderator of DBSTalk over twenty years ago.

Quote from: In_Correct on August 17, 2024, 08:56:06 PMI have noticed a pattern involving Tech Giants dying quite young. Steve Jobs, an Apple Co Founder, was in his 60s. Barry Altman, a Cabletech business partner that utilized original Commodore computers, ambitiously recreated a Commodore C64X souvenir meant to be released as merchandise for the Tron Legacy movie, also died in his 60s. Susan was in her 50s. I did not know that Susan had stepped down from her Google / You Tube position last year nor had became ill.

Unfortunately, I hold the belief that sales people are valued more than tech and developers. As a result, there is the problem of not enough resources for projects which leads to extremely long days, especially in crunch periods Take a look at video game development where, months prior to a games release, the developers are often pulling sixteen hour days... a seventy-two hour week. In some Asian countries, there are concerns about the 996ers--those who work from 9 AM to 9 PM six days a week. There have been times when I started at 7 AM and worked until midnight on a Friday to manage a system migration or upgrade. Some of those aren't permanent employees, but are contractors without benefits. The stress of meeting metrics and deadlines can lead to poor health habits whether it be smoking, drinking, downing caffeine-laden soft drinks with the initials of either RB or MD or are just plain Monsters. Adding to the stress, there have news of layoffs across the board across all industries. That simply adds to the stress. I should know.

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vdeane

Quote from: ZLoth on August 18, 2024, 07:10:03 PMThe problem is that news articles are often copyrighted
That's a good point.  I would certainly hate to see a repeat of the Great Forum Incident.  And that was just a disgruntled former user telling the web host a bunch of BS, not a news organization or parent company that can afford lawyers with a legitimate claim.
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mgk920

Quote from: vdeane on August 18, 2024, 09:16:18 PM
Quote from: ZLoth on August 18, 2024, 07:10:03 PMThe problem is that news articles are often copyrighted
That's a good point.  I would certainly hate to see a repeat of the Great Forum Incident.  And that was just a disgruntled former user telling the web host a bunch of BS, not a news organization or parent company that can afford lawyers with a legitimate claim.

I generally ignore posts that are just links to news articles.  At least include a summary of the article.  For one, I have been out of Gannett 'wishes' for a couple of years now.

Mike

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Yeah I think its appropriate to post a link and a clip of a sentence or two...or a paragraph...that gives people the point.

Posting a link with no context is annoying. Posting a whole article is REALLY annoying.

vdeane

Quote from: SEWIGuy on August 19, 2024, 12:07:17 PMYeah I think its appropriate to post a link and a clip of a sentence or two...or a paragraph...that gives people the point.

Posting a link with no context is annoying. Posting a whole article is REALLY annoying.
Yes, that would be the other annoying extreme, especially when it's a video.  And sometimes the "context" is just a rephrasing of the video title or what can be seen in the URL.
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In_Correct

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No, I did not include any of that. The article included pictures and since the URL to the pictures are not simply direct URLS ... I did not want to bother with them. And naturally I omitted the Social Media plugins.

Previously regarding copyright I messaged Scott5114 if it is okay to paste the articles or if it would complicate AA Roads. His reply was " Go Right Ahead !! " ..

Also in a separate occasion there was a AA Roads member that did not want to do it themself. However, the AA Road member agreed to offer the article to me via message ... and I posted it gradually each day until the article appeared on an AA Roads thread. And I continued to paste articles after that.

No complaints so far over the years until recently. There are many complaints about any thing that is not Shovel Ready ought to be categorized as Fictional ... and many AA Roads members also complaining about Taxes being too high ... selective outrage being directed at Infrastructure exclusively ... And at the same time opposition towards Toll Roads. It has been so severe that AA Roads members have warned drivers from Oklahoma to not enter Texas !! And now it seems I must explain my self to any AA Roads member regarding any situation. If I can avoid the numerous issues I have with the behaviors with some other AA Roads threads ?? ... kindly do the same also please and thank you.
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SectorZ

I can only imagine someone searching on Google for forum discussions about Wojcicki's death, coming across this thread wondering what AARoads is, and clicking away from it thinking this board argues about pedantic crap like this all the time.

vdeane

Quote from: In_Correct on August 20, 2024, 03:33:39 PMNo complaints so far over the years until recently.
You literally posted the contents of two articles that had been linked to the week before for no other reason than "I hate links".  I can't say I have ever seen that happen before.

Quote from: SectorZ on August 20, 2024, 06:27:16 PMI can only imagine someone searching on Google for forum discussions about Wojcicki's death, coming across this thread wondering what AARoads is, and clicking away from it thinking this board argues about pedantic crap like this all the time.
So... for I-70 east of Denver, should the control city be Limon, Hays, or Salina?
And how about the New Jersey Turnpike north of exit 13?
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In_Correct

You did not pay attention which is fine if you do not complain about it.

However, a quick explanation:

I added the commentary on the beginning of the post reply which includes a description of some thing I found poorly designed and difficult to navigate in addition to the paywall reasons. Aa roads forums is not difficult to navigate. Stack Exchange Also.

Unfortunately not much else.

I have needed to needlessly click the links or an LOAD MORE when every thing can and should be on the same page. Many peoples might be accustomed to the bad website designs, ... I wished to be freed from such nonsense ... not unlike the statement that TV is bad for you, ... so are the badly designed web sites.
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vdeane

Quote from: In_Correct on August 20, 2024, 11:25:37 PMYou did not pay attention which is fine if you do not complain about it.

However, a quick explanation:

I added the commentary on the beginning of the post reply which includes a description of some thing I found poorly designed and difficult to navigate in addition to the paywall reasons. Aa roads forums is not difficult to navigate. Stack Exchange Also.

Unfortunately not much else.

I have needed to needlessly click the links or an LOAD MORE when every thing can and should be on the same page. Many peoples might be accustomed to the bad website designs, ... I wished to be freed from such nonsense ... not unlike the statement that TV is bad for you, ... so are the badly designed web sites.
I haven't seen such on any of the threads that I read (and if you're mainly posting about Texas, we probably don't have much overlap; I vaguely follow what's going on with their interstate corridors and very little else).  Some original articles get posted that way, which can be annoying, but never re-posts after the fact (although it's also particularly obvious on this thread because there were no replies before you did it).

I would not say it's needless if not everyone is going to want to read the full article.  And I don't see why it's bad design, that's what browser tabs are for (right now I have 10 open, and I had at least double that when I first queued up the forum posts to read).  It's not like we're a clickbait article putting every item on a list on its own page or something.  That's needless link clicking.  Not linking to external articles that provide more detail than everyone reading the thread requires.
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ZLoth

Quote from: vdeane on August 21, 2024, 01:11:33 PMIt's not like we're a clickbait article putting every item on a list on its own page or something.  That's needless link clicking.  Not linking to external articles that provide more detail than everyone reading the thread requires.

Exactly my point. The article can also include copyrighted images and diagrams that add detail than what can be provided in a forum post.
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Mr. Matté

Quote from: SectorZ on August 20, 2024, 06:27:16 PMI can only imagine someone searching on Google for forum discussions about Wojcicki's death, coming across this thread wondering what AARoads is, and clicking away from it thinking this board argues about pedantic crap like this all the time.

As opposed to the pedantic arguments about minor sign errors or silly route numberings

SectorZ

Quote from: Mr. Matté on August 22, 2024, 01:00:59 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on August 20, 2024, 06:27:16 PMI can only imagine someone searching on Google for forum discussions about Wojcicki's death, coming across this thread wondering what AARoads is, and clicking away from it thinking this board argues about pedantic crap like this all the time.

As opposed to the pedantic arguments about minor sign errors or silly route numberings

It depends, do you think a forum devoted to online videos has a subforum discussing signs and routes?

In_Correct

Quote from: SectorZ on August 22, 2024, 05:25:00 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on August 22, 2024, 01:00:59 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on August 20, 2024, 06:27:16 PMI can only imagine someone searching on Google for forum discussions about Wojcicki's death, coming across this thread wondering what AARoads is, and clicking away from it thinking this board argues about pedantic crap like this all the time.

As opposed to the pedantic arguments about minor sign errors or silly route numberings

It depends, do you think a forum devoted to online videos has a subforum discussing signs and routes?

Pedantic Arguments ?? You mean like this ??

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The forum software calls threads "topics". One wonders if the devs would have made that choice had they seen this thread, which has at no point resembled a coherent "topic".
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