EXTRA: Remembering Susan Wojcicki
People I (Mostly) Admire
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I was deeply saddened to hear the news of Susan Wojiske's recent passing. |
| 0:06.2 | She'd been battling cancer for the past two years. |
| 0:08.9 | Susan was the former CEO of YouTube and the fifth guest I ever had on the show back in 2020. |
| 0:16.3 | It was right in the middle of COVID lockdown and it was the only time we ever spoke, but I've had |
| 0:21.6 | a soft spot in my heart for Susan ever since. |
| 0:24.8 | Two things stand out for me in this interview. |
| 0:27.0 | The first is said she actually gave meaningful answers to tough questions. |
| 0:31.5 | I found that most CEOs are so concerned about how they and |
| 0:35.0 | their company are perceived to think of completely nondescript responses |
| 0:38.9 | when talking in public. Susan, in contrast, seemed eager to have a real conversation. |
| 0:44.0 | The second thing that caught me off guard about the interview is that she was actually nice. |
| 0:49.0 | It's really hard to rise that high in the business world and to stay nice. |
| 0:54.8 | She will be deeply missed. |
| 0:57.6 | I'm so excited to talk today with Susan Wojiske. |
| 1:00.8 | She's the CEO of YouTube and she's just had an amazing career in tech. |
| 1:06.1 | And she's done it without really attracting all the hatred that seems to circle so many of the |
| 1:11.1 | powerful people in tech. |
| 1:12.4 | She doesn't really have any enemies. |
| 1:14.0 | I'll go to places really remote and then I'll see someone they'll be like, |
| 1:18.0 | hey, I learned Korean on YouTube, right? And so the opportunities for technology have just changed our lives in so many |
| 1:25.0 | ways and I recognize that there are all these questions about responsibility but I'm overall |
| 1:29.9 | really optimistic about our opportunities to help people all over the world have access |
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