Susan Wojcicki – the first Google employee to take maternity leave

"Having cancer hasn’t been easy," Wojcicki wrote, "but the most important lesson I have learned is just to focus and enjoy the present."

Celebrated marketing and tech leader Susan Wojcicki was employee number 16 at Google and CEO of YouTube from 2014 until early 2023. On August 10, 2024, Wojcicki passed away at age 56 after a two-year long battle against cancer.