Susan Diane Wojcicki, born 5 July 1968 in Santa Clara County, California, was the CEO of YouTube from 2014 until February 2023, overseeing it through its acquisition-and-growth era as the dominant global video platform. She was Google's 16th employee and rented her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 to start the company. She passed away on 9 August 2024 at the age of 56.

Her Parents

Father: Stanley Wojcicki (born 1937) — Polish-American Stanford physicist (emeritus).

Mother: Esther Wojcicki (née Hochman) — American Jewish; legendary Palo Alto journalism teacher and education author.

Her Sisters

Janet Wojcicki, born 1970 — sister; anthropologist and global-health professor at UCSF.

Anne Wojcicki, born 28 July 1973 — youngest sister; co-founder and CEO of 23andMe; was married to Sergey Brin.

Her Husband: Dennis Troper

Dennis Troper is a Google director; married Susan in 1998. They have five children.

Their Five Children

Susan and Dennis had five children. Their son Marco died in February 2024 at age 19 from an accidental drug overdose during his first year at UC Berkeley.

The Wojcicki Family Tree at a Glance

Father: Stanley Wojcicki (b. 1937) — Stanford physicist.

Mother: Esther Wojcicki née Hochman — Palo Alto journalism teacher.

Sisters: Janet Wojcicki (b. 1970); Anne Wojcicki (b. 28 July 1973).

Husband: Dennis Troper (Google director); married 1998.

Children: Five, including the late Marco Troper Wojcicki (died February 2024, age 19).

Susan Wojcicki:

  • Born 5 July 1968, Santa Clara County, CA
  • Died 9 August 2024, Los Altos, CA (age 56, lung cancer)
  • Gunn High School, Palo Alto
  • Harvard University (BA History and Literature, 1990)
  • UC Santa Cruz (MS Economics, 1993)
  • UCLA Anderson (MBA, 1998)
  • Rented her Menlo Park garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start Google, 1998
  • Joined Google as Marketing Manager, 1999 (employee #16)
  • SVP Advertising and Commerce, Google (2009–2014)
  • CEO of YouTube (February 2014 – February 2023)

What the Wojcicki Family Story Teaches Us

A Polish-American Stanford physicist father. An American Jewish journalism-teacher mother. Three sisters, two of whom went on to lead major Silicon Valley companies (Susan at YouTube, Anne at 23andMe). A son lost in 2024 to an accidental overdose. A pioneer CEO who died at 56 of lung cancer.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Wojcicki story carries the same lesson. Some families produce multiple highly-public-facing daughters from one household. Esther Wojcicki has, in her own memoir, written about her three daughters' careers as the result of her parenting philosophy. Write down what each parent thought about how to raise children. The philosophies become legacies.

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