Susan Wojcicki, who served as CEO of YouTube for nine years and was one of Google's first hires, died on Friday at age 56 after a battle with cancer, her family announced.

• Wojcicki's husband, Dennis Troper, announced her death in a post on Friday( 9 August) evening on Facebook.
• Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as the company's 16th employee, becoming the search engine's first marketing executive. She helped launch Google Video and oversaw the company's 2006 purchase of YouTube.
• She was named CEO of YouTube in 2014 and led the video-sharing platform through immense growth.
• She stepped down in February 2023 to "start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects."