INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Alphabet Incs YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki has stepped down after almost a decade as the CEO of the worlds most popular online
Wojcicki, 54, was among Googles earliest staff members and has been with the parent company Alphabet Inc for nearly 25 years.During her
tenure at YouTube, which was gotten by Google in 2006, Wojcicki supervised the growth of the video platform into a worldwide phenomenon,
with more than a billion month-to-month active users.Although she became one of the most respected female executives in the male-dominated
tech industry, Wojcicki will likewise be kept in mind as Googles first landlord.Rented garage to Google co-foundersWojcicki played a crucial
function in assisting Google during its preliminary days.In September 1998-- soon after Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin
included their search engine into a company-- Wojcicki leased the garage of her Menlo Park, California, home to them for $1,700 per
month.Page and Brin-- both 25 at the time-- continued to fine-tune their online search engine in Wojcickis garage for five months before
moving Google into a more official office.The duo then convinced their previous proprietor to come work for their company
Google Doodle, AdWords, image searchAs Googles first marketing supervisor, Wojcicki was accountable for developing and executing the
businesss early viral marketing technique
She helped produce the companys long time logo design with designer Ruth Kedar, and spearheaded the very first Google Doodles.Wojcicki also
oversaw the companys first-ever AdWords sale, and likewise co-developed and released Google Image Search with engineer Huican Zhu.Wojcickis
contributions to Googles growth and success are significant
She assisted to develop the businesss brand name and image, and she played an essential role in driving the early earnings development that
allowed Google to become the dominant player in online search and advertising.Later, Susan went on to become a senior executive at Google,
eventually increasing to the position of CEO of YouTube in 2014
In 2006, Google purchased Wojcickis house to function as a monolith to the roots of a business now valued at $1.2 trillion
During Wojcickis career at Google, Brin became her brother-in-law when he wed her sister, Anne, in 2007
Brin and Anne Wojcicki divorced in 2015.(With inputs from agencies)
