I only met Susan once, and was low on the totem pole when I did. But the encounter (8 years ago!) still makes me smile. I was a contractor at Google working on a project collaborating with YouTube, and worked at the YT office once per week. I was new — not only to Google but to Silicon Valley — and hadn’t yet learned the big names and faces. One of my days at the YouTube office happened to be Halloween, and many parents brought their kids to work to trick-or-treat around the office. As I left for the day, I saw a woman walking out the door after me. We were both headed to the parking lot, and she was juggling several large bags. Also a big plastic jack-o-lantern. I asked if I could help carry anything. She said no, but struggled with the door, and I asked again. She finally said “Okay, thank you, can you please hold the pumpkin.” We walked to the parking lot and chatted. I told her how nice it was to see all the costumes and kids walking around the office, and she said, “Yeah, it was so nice, I had this big pumpkin full of candy and kids came into my office all day for it.” YouTube, of course, has an open floor plan. Only very high-up people have offices. Cautiously, I asked, “….so, what do you do here?” She looked surprised, and said, “Well, I’m the CEO.” “Oh, you’re SUSAN!” I said 🫠 “Yeah, I’m Susan,” she said. I of course fell over myself apologizing (…and thinking “don’tfireme don’tfireme don’tfireme”), but she smiled and seemed to think it was funny. We kept walking, and said bye, and that was that. That’s the only story I have of her — just a very powerful woman acting very kindly and normally when she probably didn’t have to. RIP, Susan, and my deepest condolences to your family.

While I didn't get to know Susan personally, my colleagues at Google have shared heartfelt stories about her. She was an exceptional leader who touched the lives of many of us. Her absence will leave a void, but the difference she made in our lives will always be remembered. My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with you and your family during this challenging time.

I had the pleasure of running to and meeting Susan when I worked in the LA office next to YouTube on a few occasions. Susan was a big leader who I knew has a packed schedule and didn't think she's have time to speak with me. I approached her and told her how I'd been a the company for 10+ yrs and reaching a plateau and what advise she would give a woman looking to make the switch. Her response "trust your gut" you already know what you need to do. It was a simple yet impactful statement and from that moment on I truly never questioned my decisions to the degree I previously had done in the past. Largely because our interaction was organic but felt so seen but she gave me that advise to a complete stranger she never met as she would a fellow friend or close colleague. She gave me hope that leaders can lead with humanity and still be successful. May she rest her legacy will live on.

Although I did not have the privilege of knowing Susan personally, I have heard many wonderful things about her from my colleagues at Google. It's evident that Susan was a remarkable leader and an inspiration to many. Her contributions to the Google and the positive impact she had on those around her will be greatly missed. My thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.

I had the honor of working with Susan at YouTube and was deeply saddened to hear of her passing. She was an extraordinary leader, a true inspiration, and a role model for countless women. I remember helping to organize an event that was happening after work hours and we invited her to the event. Susan's response was that she would be unable to attend because she told her kids she would be home for dinner that evening. Susan led by example and created an environment at YouTube that made me feel safe when I became a mother myself. She inspired me to draw my boundaries as a working mother and to find balance within my own life. This and so many memories of Susan and the workplace she fostered at YouTube will be with me forever. Thank you Susan for being such and inspiration – we will miss you dearly! My heart and condolences goes out to Susan's family during this difficult time.

I'm reminded of a mountain biking adventure that truly showcased Susan's determination and upbeat spirit. Back in the early 2000s, a bunch of us, including Susan and a friend we called "Danimal," rented a cabin in Tahoe for a weekend of fun. We set off on a "relaxing" mountain bike ride, led by Danimal, who had promised us an easy route. Hours later, we realized we were on anything but an easy trail. We had climbed way too high with no idea how to get back. The way down turned into a rocky challenge, far from the smooth path we expected. The sun was relentless, our water was gone, and mosquitoes attacked if we dared to stop. What started as a laid-back ride turned into a 13-hour epic challenge. Through it all, Susan's resilience stood out. She tackled the tough trail with determination and kept everyone's spirits up with her positive attitude. She made sure we stuck together and helped us push through to the end. Her spirit was inspiring and a big reason we all made it back safely, albeit with some mosquito bites and sunburns. After the trip, Susan left her mountain bike in my garage for a few months because her own garage was occupied with some startup—an early glimpse of the remarkable journey she was about to embark on. This adventure is one I'll never forget and perfectly illustrates Susan's incredible character.

I remember hearing you speak for the first time in 2009 at a YouTube Monetization award ceremony and truly admired your leadership skills and your ability to inspire Googlers to do amazing things. I've always been a big fan of you and it's so sad to hear about your passing. Rest in peace, Susan and my deepest condolences to your family.

Condolences and prayers to your family. I am reminded of the great leadership and care she provided to many Googlers and YouTubers. I was fortunate to present to her early in my career as part of an immersion day with Sales and Eng. More than any other senior executive I met, she made everyone feel seen, heard, and valued regardless of their title or tenure. She personally thanked us all for our work on the project and gave us wonderful feedback. Throughout my years at Google, I always admired her as a leader who exhibited equal amounts of empathy and insight. As a woman and mother, I admired her love of her family and focus on what was important in life.

Susan was the reason why early Google was such a caring company that treats everyone like a part of the family, and I was deeply inspired by her kindness and humility toward me and others and I'm sure many at Google today are still passing on the lessons she imprinted on them. I want to share a small personal story of her caring: during one of the company ski trips, the three of us (Susan, Claire, me) skied down a blue slope, and a few turns later Susan noticed Claire was missing and immediately motioned me to stop, turned out Claire hasn't skied for a while and got a little scared at the top. Susan asked me to go up the slope to check on Claire to make sure she's OK. With a little encouragement Claire came down the slope fabulously and we all had great fun that day. Over the years I've seen Susan speaking to everyone and treating everyone the same way: whether it's the servers at the ski resort, spouses of employees at company outings, to other senior VP, or engineers like myself. She's truly one of the most amazing persons I've been lucky to know in my life. My heart go out to her family and I will cherish my memory of her by carry on her humanistic way of treating each other in this tech world.

I remember seeing Susan present in person several times during her tenure as CEO of YouTube and always admired her strength, calm and tenacity. She had a way of thinking big and tackling massive problems with a grace and integrity I always admired. As a female leader in the tech space, she was truly an inspiration and will be missed, but not forgotten.

Albert Einstein once said, “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” Susan Wojcicki lived those words, as a person and as a leader. My own experience with her is a testament. She was much more senior to me at Google, but she still made time to teach me a few lessons that I will never forget. My heart goes out to her husband/ my friend Dennis Troper, as well as her family, friends and all of those she touched who are grieving right now. Susan Story #1: In 2009, Susan sent me a note out of the blue. She was in Costa Rica on holiday, visiting Dennis' family. A bit of time in her schedule had opened up and as the product leader for hashtag#adwords, she wanted to meet with local customers in Costa Rica, to get a perspective she wouldn't hear in Silicon Valley. Her curiosity, humility and vocation for her work were evident in every interaction we had over those days together. Witnessing Susan in action changed me as a leader. Susan Story #2: About a year later, I had just hired the first wave of new Country Managers for Google in Chile, Peru and Colombia. We were heading to Mountain View for their first onboarding trip. I reached out to Susan to see if she could spare 15 minutes to welcome the group. Instead, she invited us over to her house for dinner. We ended up sitting around her and Dennis' dining room table for a homecooked meal, with all of their kids and Sergey Brin (surprise guest!). Going the extra mile for her team - even if that team was very far removed from her direct team - came natural to her. It is an example I've tried to live up to ever since. The world is a better place because Susan was in it. We must now carry that mantle forward, so others are inspired by us, as we were inspired by Susan. hashtag#mayhermemorybeablessing

You were and will always remain an inspiration. My heartfelt condolences to your family. Rest in peace, Susan 🙏.

I am deeply saddened by the passing of Susan Wojcicki, undoubtedly one of the most influential people who shaped how I lead, having just spoken about her impact on my career earlier this week with a colleague. Susan is a combination of grace and tenacity that I have found unmatched, and she showed me how to lead with respect, empathy, and transparency. My most heartfelt condolences go to Susan’s family, friends, and colleagues, offering gratitude and strength in carrying on her legacy. I will never forget her first day at YouTube, when she humbly yet powerfully conveyed why she was the right person for the role and how much she had always supported the mission we were on to democratize creation. It was the first of many times we’d witness Susan completely command a room with her calm, assured, and modestly witty style. Susan is who showed me that you should never apologize for being both a CEO and a mother, watching her proudly lead a company through the pregnancy of her fifth child. This gave me the confidence to do the same during my own pregnancy and realize how important that was to do. Susan is who taught me to never sweat the competition, as staying focused through a well-paced plan, leaning into unique strengths no one else can claim, is the most effective way to win. This completely guided my confident persistence as an entrepreneur. Susan is who fortified my ability to recognize “users” as people, introducing me on stage nearly every Friday for a year to share our plan of attack to address real feedback from real people using YouTube, even incorporating the letters sent to her by mail that I asked to keep in a stack on my desk. Endless stories showed me how much she cared about everyone’s voice, both inside and outside the company. I have a photo I took a few years ago while reminiscing during a declutter of the paper I used when interviewing Susan during a fireside chat perhaps in 2015. My messy notes show the powerful statements she made that I read back to her and the audience, as she encouraged us to persist when “others don’t agree,” “empower others to speak up for you,” and “speak up when you know your craft” – emblematic of Susan’s character in standing up for what she believed in and motivating others to do the same. I will never forget the embrace we shared the last time I saw her in person here in Zurich, and the endless memories of how much she shaped me that I wish I had shared with her then. There are countless stories from those you impacted throughout your life Susan, and you will always be remembered and cherished by so many.

I had the pleasure of working with Susan at YouTube. She was the best strong female role model, and actively talked about being a Mom at work. She was kind and a regular down-to-earth person, despite her many successes. I still remember when she told us not to rush a launch because she didn’t want people to have to work over the holidays if there was a problem with it. Wait for January was her call. Her leadership and mentorship have built a lasting legacy. To Susan’s family, my condolences on your loss of an amazing person.

Susan interviewed me when I was joining Google and was such a brilliant, humble, kind and empathetic leader. Watching her carry on at work with ease during pregnancies while being the leader that she was was so inspiring. Her impact ran broad and deep. Thinking about her kids and praying for strength for Dennis and the entire family.

Utterly devastated to learn of Susan Wojcicki's passing. Susan played a pivotal role in my hiring at Google in 2002, and was an influential mentor and colleague for many years thereafter. Susan helped build an exceptional PM team that worked very closely with Business Development (including Gokul Rajaram, Wesley Chan among many others!). It was always an outstanding learning experience partnering with Susan and her team. She was an exemplary leader who showed that you can be an accomplished, strong, influential person while exhibiting empathy, kindness, and lack of arrogance. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Susan for helping me start my career in tech off on the right foot. I am heartbroken for her mom Esther Wojcicki (my advisor and favorite teacher in high school), her husband Dennis, and the entire Wojcicki family.

I met Susan during my time at YouTube few years ago. I’ve been observing her pragmatic way of conducting business, and even with the few meetings and encounters that we shared, I’ve learned so much that I still cherish those moments as true life and work lessons. She was always open to learn from and listen to people. For instance, one thing she used to do was to have lunch with everyone who had a b’day during the recurring month, and she would share stories and answer all kinds of questions. I participated to one of those, and it’s an experience that I remember so dearly. One of a kind person, she will be with us for eternity.

Susan belongs to a cadre of early to mid Googlers who gave me faith and hope in businesses. Coming from a materialistic foreign country after not doing too well there, my self esteem was low and I was scarred from bad experiences with business interests. As an idealist who was very technical, I had developed a sense of fear and distrust of businesses that were ready to take advantage of as many people as possible for the financial gain of a small group of business leaders and shareholders. To my surprise, the Google I joined was not that typical company. A bit of that came through in the interviews at first, but it became more obvious working there in the mid to late 2000s. Along with Alan Eustace and several others, Susan was one of the executives I was inspired to look up to even though I did not work directly for them. The first time I was observing a meeting with Susan, I was struck by her authenticity, her down-to-earthness and humility. I knew of execs who were prioritizing the business over family, leaving the kids mostly to their other halves. I found some of them working late nights at the office back then. But here came Susan rushing into the meeting room all apologetic after a snafu while shepherding one of the kids, and I instantly felt a deep unspoken connection and understanding with Susan, even from a distance, for I too was a parent. Susan brought her whole personality to work and recognized what was important. She was fighting the good fight of balancing family with work, in the workaholic fast company valley where they cannot be balanced, and she was not afraid to be her real, whole human self, not some alter ego that was playing the role of an executive. For Susan, life was a struggle too. In subsequent years, I would learn that the Ads business, though frowned upon and tolerated by the purists among the early engineers, had resisted and rejected proposal after proposal by newcomers to shortchange users for increased revenue due to an engineering culture of putting the small fella first, a culture that I am still in awe of today. While that culture is not attributable to any single person, it was championed by the founders and perpetuated and realized in the myriad day-to-day decisions across the business by executives like Susan and the people she guided, mentored and supported, thus setting up for and perpetuating the company's long term success. She, like many of the early execs, did not just make important decisions; she was a friend and companion who was as involved in their personal as their professional lives. This was common in the early days and continues to be the case in some though not all parts of Google today. Google changed me because it showed me that it was possible to marry human values with money interests in a way that still did a lot of good for the world, and that was only possible through the work, values and culture of people such as Susan, supported by family members who must have made untold sacrifices in order to enable Susan to be the Susan we knew at work. To all of these amazing people, I am grateful.

I'd like to express my deepest condolences for your loss. Susan was an inspiration to everyone at YouTube, a company where she instilled, nurtured, and protected a truly unique culture. I was privileged to experience it firsthand during my 13 years at the company, nine of which were under her kind, caring, and visionary leadership. She championed creativity, responsibility, inclusion, and respect, while promoting learning in every form, gesture, and word. I am deeply grateful to have been part of the unique culture she created at YouTube.

I had the privilege of working with her in very early Google days as part of Google Books. I still remember an afternoon from back then when her young son was in the office during summer, and she was leading a meeting. The then-24 year old me found that very inspiring & reassuring to see a working mother show up as both a strong worker & caring parent! She went on to advocate for both families and women in tech within and beyond Google over the years which benefitted so many..she was a core part of the culture that Google became so well known for! The other thing that struck me was her humility and care despite being such a high profile leader; we ran into each other years later (at a Grace Hopper conference IIRC) and while I wasn't sure if she'd remember me given the years and her role, she was quick to say hello and ask how I was doing minutes before before her speech on the stage; this has stayed on with me not only in how seemingly small actions can matter but also that while strong business and technical leadership (which she so clearly demonstrated) is powerful, humility and care while leading can really shine and create impact above & beyond! Her leadership at YouTube suggests that care and thought as well: be it enabling Youtube Kids or caring for platform safety and potential for education and social impact. My heart goes out to the family; hope they find some strength in the fact she was loved by many who have them in their thoughts and prayers, and she will live on in hearts and minds. Thank you Susan for what you brought to this world and inspiring so many!

In 2004-05 I was a freshly hired APM and worked with Susan on company-wide OKRs. She helped me understand the broader scope of Google, always with kindness and generosity. I cherish Susan as exemplifying who a good leader and person is.

I ran the PM hiring committee for Susan for 5 years. We met at least once a week. She always treated me with respect, even when I made a potentially career-limiting mistake: we were reviewing candidate packets, and we would pay attention to degrees, but not make decisions based on them. In one of my early reviews with Susan, we were reviewing someone with a business degree, and I wisely said, "at least it isn't a history degree". She smiled at me and said "I have a history degree" . . . Also, when my wife was really sick, she offered her doctors and access to a plane if things got worse. Susan was a treasure.

I never met Susan in person, but this news hits so hard somehow. Susan was a role model as a senior woman in tech at a time when this was an unbelievable scarcity. She broke the glass ceiling for so many women and gave career orientated women something to aspire to. And all for good reason her intellect and leadership were exemplary. So many of us had the privilege of working at Google in large part due to her contribution to the company's success from the early days. Thank you for everything Susan. Deepest condolences to Susan's husband, mother and children on their profound loss. May her memory be for a blessing.

I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work at YouTube under Susan’s leadership. I appreciate everything she did to make YouTube a great place to work and a great platform for creators and users. I especially valued Susan as a wonderful, approachable leader, which made me proud to work at YouTube. Her positive, kind, and empathetic energy was a great role model for me, showing that senior executives can lead with empathy and understanding while still having a significant impact on the business.

This news is truly heartbreaking. While I never had the chance to meet her in person, I had the privilege of hearing her speak during panels at Google and was greatly inspired by her leadership and unwavering support for women in tech. Her influence was instrumental in shaping Google's incredible culture, and her legacy as a compassionate and visionary leader will resonate for years to come. Susan will be deeply missed, but her impact will never be forgotten. May she rest in peace, and my deepest condolences go out to her family and friends.

Thank you Susan for helping build one of the most impactful media and education platforms that has truly changed the world for the better by improving the lives of so many and will continue to do so for years to come. You were an inspiration to so many of us women at YouTube, and we hope to carry forward the lessons and leadership you've taught us all. ❤️

Very saddened to hear this news. Early in my career I had the rare privilege to deliver a brief 1:1 executive training to Susan. The approachable, positive, relaxed, practical vibe that she exuded despite being a senior exec was so tremendous that I remember it to this day. I wish the family all the best.

Thank you Susan for your impact to women and parents in tech. Because of your leadership and support, I and thousands of other women flourished at Google and beyond. My deepest condolences to her family.

Susan was a wonderful human being who consistently inspired so many of us at YouTube and I/we all deeply appreciated that she remained an approachable, humble and brilliant person - even as she became one of the most powerful people in the world. One of a only handful of *actual unicorns* in this industry, she leaves a remarkable global impact that will continue to resonate through the work of creators and artists for generations to come. <--There is nothing more beautiful than that. Sending my sincere condolences and love to her family.

To the Wojcicki and Troper families, sincere condolences from a Xoogler in Australia. Susan's reputation for being a smart, kind and connected leader reached across the globe. Her influence on all of us was profound. She has left you all too soon, but I hope it's some small comfort that she left such a positive and lasting legacy for thousands of people all over the world.

To Susan, thank you for your advocacy for parents, women, and families. My deepest condolences to the family during this difficult time.

Reading this in Seoul, I can't believe I am reading this. I'll use three words; Brilliant, Inspiring, Deeply caring of Googlers and the communities beyond. Esther, Ann and the rest of kin I have tears in my eyes.

I look up to Susan like no other woman in tech. She helped me understand that women can and should sit on the table in tech companies, as engineers and as leaders. This shaped the course of my career. I will be forever grateful. To her family, my deepest condolences.

Susan’s impact goes beyond the people she directly worked with. She’s left us too soon and with a hole that’s hard to fill. To her family, we grieve this loss with you.

I was blown away when Susan agreed to have a cameo in one of the InfoSec team‘s fun and educational videos. She was so incredibly easygoing, you could hardly believe she was a C-level executive. Truly one of the Google Elders, and one that will be sorely missed. Rest in peace, Susan.

In 2004, Susan took a chance on me at Google, forever altering my career path. My final interview with her felt like a warm conversation with a mentor who genuinely cared about people. In a company full of brilliant minds that could easily overwhelm a new recruit, she provided a safe space to grow and develop. Susan showed us that building great products doesn't have to come at the expense of human values. She taught us to infuse our work with grace, elegance, and care for both colleagues and users. In today's fast-paced tech landscape, such leadership is more crucial than ever. May we all be inspired to follow in the footsteps she has left behind.

I had the honor of meeting Susan “up close” when she visited Tokyo in 2017. I remember how down to earth she was because unlike most execs who visited, she never made any diva-esque demands about her schedule — she just prioritized meeting as many creators and Googlers as possible, and approached every encounter with humility, curiosity, and good humor. She exuded warmth and a caring mom vibe. I also looked up to her as a leader, more especially when the brand safety crisis was unfolding and she took responsibility to say we had to do better as a platform, to be a place where people could trust the information they were getting. We lost an amazing person and an even more incredible leader who was such an inspiration to many working moms and women. RIP Susan, you will be missed.

Susan, thank you so much for everything you have done for Google and YouTube, and the fact that you have done it with care, thoughtfulness and compassion. May you rest in peace. My deepest condolences to the family!

So grateful to be able to have had time for my body to recover and my baby to sleep more before coming back to work.

Susan is a legendary leader and her legacy will live on well beyond her life on this earth. Her small act of kindness to Larry and Sergey, loaning them her garage, ultimately led to changing hundreds of thousands of Googlers' lives and the lives of billions of humans around the world. For this and so much more, she will always have such a special place in our hearts. My deepest sympathies to her family, all who knew her well, and the many who admired her. We will remember and be in gratitude of her forever. May she rest in peace.

I have always been inspired by Susan and saddened to hear about the loss. Praying for strength for her family and her loved ones.

Susan was such an inspiring leader. One of the biggest impacts she had on my time at Google was as an example of how to balance work and building a family. I will always be grateful for what she gave to the women of Google. Keeping her family in my thoughts during this difficult time.

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Susan while joining women@google. Susan was an inspiration for a generation of women in tech. As a business leader, a committed Googler, a mom, a wife, a pillar for many, a mentor she left an amazing legacy and a generation of Googlers inspired by her. Thank you Susan. We will keep your spirit alive through all you taught us.

I have spent much of my Google tenure with Youtube. Susan's energy was so bright and welcoming. She loved what she did and had passion, and it is inspiring to all of us. Being in the same room with you is a privilege that I'll never forget. Rest in peace, Susan.

Susan was always looking for good solutions in a positive way when I was at YouTube. But before that, I remember her reaching out way beyond my expectations to just be decent and to encourage new ideas when I had just started at Google. She made it feel like truly some place different.

I never had the opportunity to meet Susan directly, but I am so deeply saddened by her passing. Watching her lead us and google when we were a small 1,000 people company looking to change the world was everything. Thank you for global impact you had, as well as the inspiration and modeling you provided young female leaders like myself. My heart is with your family

My initial interview in April 2003 was with Susan, Salar, Wayne and Larry. Of course, everyone but Susan was late. My initial project was Google Books and Susan was one of the executive sponsors. Google wasn't known much at all by the book publishers and a group of us traveled to New York (August 14, 2003) to pitch our product. Attendees were Larry, David Drummond, Susan, Megan Smith and me. We got a lot of "why Google" but were refining our pitch. At about 4 pm on the 33rd floor visiting Elsevier, the entire Northeast, including New York City had a huge blackout. I got to spend some great moments with Susan as we hiked in horrible, humid NYC in our "good clothes and shoes) to Megan's mother-in-law's apartment. Susan was so funny, never upset, finding everything so interesting. In spite of her extensive credentials and history with Google, she was a lot of fun and this one event allowed us to have an extremely productive relationship over many years. I am so lucky to have had the privilege to work with this amazing woman. Many many condolences to her family.

I never had the privilege of working directly with Susan, but her influence was always near through her husband, Dennis, a kind and caring teammate whom I was fortunate to have on my Consumer Trust team at Google. My heart breaks for him and the immense loss he is enduring. Through Dennis, and many other Googlers, I came to understand Susan’s incredible strength, tenacity, and resilience—not just in the powerful words she shared but through the steadfast actions that defined her career and life. I learned that she garnered respect through compassionate leadership, inspiring countless individuals, including me! Today, my thoughts are with Dennis, their family, and all those who had the honor of knowing her. The world has lost an extraordinary leader, but her impact will continue to be felt for generations to come. I’m certain that Dennis and her children will keep her legacy alive! May she rest in peace.

Susan was an inspiration. Rest in peace Susan.

May Her Memory Be A Blessing! I worked at Google from 2011-2020 and never had the opportunity to meet Susan. However it is very clear to me that her contribution was extraordinary. Balance has always been a goal of mine and from what I'm reading it is clear Susan and I shared that goal and she succeeded. She took the business units she led to new heights and set a new standard for work-life balance. I cannot imagine how challenging that was for her.

I feel fortunate to have worked with Susan and to have experienced her heart-based, impactful leadership. One of her many contributions was working to add subtitles to YouTube to enable deaf and hard of hearing people to benefit from YouTube. She invited Marlee Matlin to Google to speak about how important this was, and I was very touched listening to Marlee speak about her experience. Susan was truly an extraordinary person who made an enormous difference in the world while she was here with us.

I worked at Youtube for 5 years. Susan is a great leader and she inspires many women in tech including me. It is such a big loss for her family and Google. Susan, we will miss you and RIP.

Susan's influence and scope of care went far beyond her team and YT/Google. She genuinely cared about creating a platform where creators could flourish and make a living.

I am still processing the passing of Susan Wojcicki. So many people that have worked directly with her and have grown into highly impactful leaders like Sundar Pichai, Gokul Rajaram and others have so eloquently captured the foundational role she played in everything that Google is. The facet of Susan that I feel compelled to write about is from that of a junior employee at Google that happened to work in her extended team. To me, we have lost an incredibly humble, grounded leader that respected the human connection with people in the team. I was not anyone that mattered organizationally in terms of seniority - I was an enthusiastic PM level 2 feeling thankful to be building products at Google. I was diagnosed with a difficult health condition while I was on a business trip to Bangalore and one of the best places I could have it treated was Stanford Hospital. My manager at the time, Amy Chang, that knew Susan told me her father was a professor at Stanford said that she'll reach out to Susan. I was actually surprised, as it just seemed like such an unlikely step for me to take and I hence double checked if that was ok. Amy was so confident in the goodness of Susan and her mother, Esther. Within a day, I was asked to meet with the Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford and a few weeks later was recovering post-surgery. After a few months when I returned back to work, I wanted to meet her and thank her for her kindness. She brought her mother along, as someone who would like to meet me as well and we met at a Google cafe. They made it easy for me to talk to them shedding all sense of organizational seniority and just talk like one would to a good friend or neighbor. The warmth, authenticity and simple humanity of that situation made me realize that the fundamental human experience matters so much more over everything that absorbs us as a goal, priority or interest at any point in time. As someone who had only worked in larger organizations in the past, this whole episode left me wanting to be just as human, and never forgetting the importance of simply being respectful, nice and grounded towards people. We have lost such a wonderful person, who happened to have led some of the most iconic products that changed the world. Prayers for strength to her family and Rest In Peace, Susan.

Having been at Google for a while, I knew Susan very well. My interaction was limited, but I did realize her impact on Google was unlimited. She will be remembered equally well as a great leader and a compassionate person. My heartfelt condolences to Dennis and Susan's family.

Susan's passing away has impacted many of us very deeply. Watching her in awe at TGIF, in several all hands, she was a poised, no nonsense leader, approachable and grounded. It's a huge loss to her family, friends and to everyone at Google who's life she's touched. You will always stay on our hearts 💕.

Sadden! As part of the Google Ads team, I had the privilege of working closely with Dennis. Through him, I also had the opportunity to meet Susan during lunch or coffee breaks. I learnt so much from Susuan and Dennis, everything about Ads, Google culture and so many things. Every interaction with Susan was truly inspiring. She was an incredible leader! My heartfelt condolences go out to Dennis and his entire family.

Susan was an inspiration to me as a woman in engineering. I appreciated her openness and honesty as a leader. She always found time to talk to the GWE members during her visits to ZRH and share valuable career advice with us. I am so deeply saddened that she is no longer with us, and I can only imagine what her husband, children, and family are going through right now. I'm sending all my prayers, love, and supportive thoughts their way 💜🫂

Very early in my Google career, I joined a session when Susan was in London. I was blown away. One of the most amazing people (and certainly women) I have encountered in my life (and career). Her messages were so clear and impactful, delivered with eloquence and humility. A huge loss to the world, but what a legacy. My condolences to everyone who loved her. RIP Susan.

You were and will always be an inspiration. My condolences to the entire family. RIP Susan 🙏

I'm deeply saddened to hear that Susan is no longer with us. She will always be remembered for caring about people first, investing in inclusion at work and in Google products, and showing up as a real person (despite her position and pressure she must have been under at work). My deepest condolences are with her husband, Dennis and their entire family. Susan's inspiring legacy lives on. 🤍

Deepest condolences. RIP Susan

RIP Susan 🙏

Google wouldn't be Google without Susan Wojcicki. My condolences to Dennis Troper, Esther Wojcicki and their entire family. Today is a sad day. RIP Susan and thank you for making the world a better place 🙏.