Susan Wojcicki

Susan Wojicicki CNBC Next 25
Benjamin Wachenje

Title: CEO of Google's YouTube

Born: July 5, 1968, Santa Clara, California

Education: BA in history and literature, Harvard College; MS in economics, University of California, Santa Cruz; MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Early Marker: Sublet the garage of her Menlo Park house to Sergey Brin, subsequently her younger sister's husband, and Larry Page for their search-engine start-up.

Big Idea: Led the growth of Google's advertising and analytic products, AdWords and AdSense, and its tricky transition to mobile; moved across to YouTube in CEO Larry Page's management revamp in March 2014 to drive increased revenue from the video portal.

Wave of the Future: Social, mobile and visual Web media

Latest Special Reports

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    The pandemic and the success of startup culture have sparked the emergence of new hubs for businesses outside of traditional power centers of New York, Chicago, Houston and San Francisco. These Cities of Success each have used unique characteristics – pop culture influence, clusters of great universities, friendly geography or forward-thinking local governments – to attract major companies and nurture an entrepreneurial community around them.

  • The Workforce Wire provides news and information on what employers and executives are doing to adapt to the ever-changing workplace.

  • More than ever, the hope for a sustainable world has gained traction among the next generation of businesses, policymakers and investors. CNBC’s Sustainable Future focuses on how smart investments, new ideas and tech innovation can generate commerce — and a world — with staying power.

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