The former YouTube CEO stepped down last year.
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died of cancer at the age of 56, her family and former colleagues said in social media posts on Friday night.
Wojicki led YouTube for nearly ten years and was one of the only women to hold the CEO role at a big tech company in Silicon Valley.Wojcicki's husband Dennis Troper wrote on Facebook early Friday night,"It is with profound sadness that I share the news ofpassing. 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.
"Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination.""You could never get Susan rattled, no matter how challenging the moment was." During Wojcicki's tenure as YouTube CEO, she oversaw the company's rapid expansion, helping turn it into the largest video platform in the world. YouTube now has more than 2.5 billion monthly active users and more than 500 hours of content are uploaded to the platform every minute, according to the company.
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