Susan Wojcicki's net worth

Susan Wojcicki's net worth is estimated to be approximately $765 million.

Early life

Stanley Wojcicki, a physics professor at Stanford University, and Esther Wojcicki, a teacher, welcomed Susan into the world on July 5, 1968, in Santa Clara County, California. She has two sisters named Janet and Anne and is of Jewish ancestry on her mother's side and Polish lineage on her father's.

Franciszek, her grandfather, stood for office and won a seat in the Polish parliament in 1947. Her grandmother Janina was a librarian at the Library of Congress at the same time, where she amassed the nation's most extensive collection of Polish books.

Wojcicki was 11 years old when she launched her first business selling "spice ropes" door to door.

Education

Wojcicki attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, and routinely wrote for the campus newspaper there. She decided to major in humanities in college and took her first computer science course when she was a senior. Wojcicki then enrolled at Harvard University to study literature and history. In 1990, she earned a degree with honors.

Wojcicki originally intended to pursue a Ph.D. in economics and a career in academia, but as soon as she developed an interest in technology, she changed her mind. Because of this, she chose to pursue a Master of Science in Economics, which she earned in 1993 from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

She enrolled in the UCLA Anderson School of Management's Master of Business Administration program in 1998.

Family life

Wojcicki wed Dennis Troper in Belmont, California, in August of 1998. They have five children altogether. Wojcicki holds dual citizenship in Poland and the United States.

Anne Wojcicki, Susan's sister, is the co-founder and CEO of the genetics firm 23andMe. Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, and Anne were wed from 2007 to 2015.

How did Susan Wojcicki build her net worth?

Susan Wojcicki's net worth has been built from her role at Google, where she was an early employee, and as the CEO of YouTube.

At Intel Corporation in Santa Clara in the late 1990s, Wojcicki was employed in marketing. She also worked as a management consultant for Bain & Company and R.B. Webber & Company.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who founded Google, set up shop in Wojcicki's Menlo Park garage when it was officially established in September 1998. She later joined the company and contributed to creating the first Google Doodles and viral marketing campaigns. Wojcicki later assisted in leading the creation of AdSense, one of Google's most well-known advertising tools, in 2003.

She was the first product manager for AdSense and was honored with the Google Founders' Award. Wojcicki subsequently rose to senior vice president of advertising and commerce at Google, overseeing services like AdWords, DoubleClick, and Google Analytics.

Wojcicki oversaw Google Video, the company's first video program, and her other responsibilities there. She felt that Google needed to buy the business after seeing the success of competitor video site YouTube, which was still a fledgling startup. Wojcicki then oversaw the 2006 $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube. She oversaw the $3.1 billion acquisition of advertising firm DoubleClick the year after.

Wojcicki took over as YouTube's CEO in February 2014. The business declared under her leadership that it now had 2 billion monthly logged-in users. Additionally, it showed that people watched more than a billion hours of content each day. Additionally, after Wojcicki assumed the CEO position, the proportion of women working at YouTube increased from 24% to about 30%. During her leadership, YouTube also tightened its guidelines for eliminating videos that promote violence and hate speech.

Beyond YouTube, Wojcicki sits on several boards, including the nonprofit group Room to Read and the cloud-based software company Salesforce. She serves on the UCLA Anderson School of Management board, where she attended as a student.

How has Susan Wojcicki spent her wealth?

Ms. Wojcicki has managed to keep a low profile despite her success. Little is known about how she spends her wealth aside from the causes for which she is an advocate.

Throughout her career, Wojcicki has fought for various progressive causes, such as expanding paid family leave, gender equality in the IT industry, and social and economic justice for Syrian refugees. Additionally, she has made a commitment to encouraging girls' interest in STEM fields, notably coding and computer science.

FAQs

How rich is Susan Wojcicki?

It is estimated that Susan Wojcicki is worth approximately $765 million.

Is Susan Wojcicki a millionaire?

Yes, her net worth is approximately $765 million.

Is Susan Wojcicki richer than Anne Wojcicki?

Their net worths are roughly the same. Both sisters are incredibly successful and wealthy.