NEW DELHI: Alphabet Incs YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki has stepped down after almost a decade as the CEO of the worlds most popular online video service.
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)