Susan Wojcicki
TOP 100 WOMEN
Susan Wojcicki
CEO
YouTube Taking our women in tech crown is Susan Wojcicki . Currently the CEO of video sharing social media platform YouTube , she has been one of the driving forces behind parent company Google ’ s activities since she officially joined the company in 1999 , helping guide it to becoming the dominant force it is today . She plays a further part in Google lore , however , with her Garage in Menlo Park , California having been the company ’ s first ever headquarters after its founding in 1998 .
Wojcicki was integral to the development of the company ’ s advertising business as SVP of Adwords and AdSense , successfully monetising
Google ’ s groundbreaking search engine capabilities . In her joint role as head of Google ’ s nascent video service , she was quick to identify the potential of its chief competitor YouTube and duly headed the acquisition of the smaller company . Ascending to the role of YouTube CEO in 2014 , she has led the company to milestones including users watching over a billion hours per day .
Unusually compared to her peers , Wojcicki possesses a BA in history and literature from Harvard University , later studying for an MS in economics and an MBA at different institutions after cementing her interest in technology .
32 March 2021