Once I started it, I realized how interesting it was as a field and just loved it, so I wound up getting a master’s in economics and I had the idea of going on and getting a Ph.D. WOJCICKI: Oh, I had taken the introductory economics class as an undergraduate. And then, as I understand it, you decided you wanted to get a Ph.D. You were the daughter of a physics professor at Stanford and a high school teacher. So you grew up living on the Stanford campus. Steven LEVITT: It’s my great pleasure to get to talk today with Susan Wojcicki, without a doubt, one of the most powerful people in tech. And we will see what kind of chaos might ensue. I’ve got my six kids at home and she’s got her five kids and her husband at home. Now, the wild card today is that given Covid lockdown, we’re both doing these interviews from home. I’m really curious to hear what makes Susan tick. Is it her intellect? Is it her instincts? I’ve never spoken with her before. Everything she touches seems to turn to gold. LEVITT: She’s managed to get herself into great situations and then to make incredible decisions. Welcome to People I (Mostly) Admire, with Steve Levitt. She’s had an amazing career in tech, and she’s done it without really attracting all the hatred that seems to circle so many of the powerful people in tech. Steven LEVITT: I’m so excited to talk today with Susan Wojcicki. But I’m overall really optimistic about our opportunities to help people all over the world have access to better information and learning and ultimately live better lives as a result. And I recognize that there are all these questions about responsibility. They’ll be like, “Hey, I learned Korean on YouTube.” And so the opportunities for technology have just changed our lives in so many ways. She shows women and young girls all over the world that women have a place in technology today and in the future.Susan WOJCICKI: I’ll go to places really remote and then I’ll see someone. 13 in Forbes Power Women 2020 and is currently ranked No.41 on Forbes list of America’s Self-Made Women. If that force is only 20% to 30% women, that is a problem,” said Wojcicki. “Tech is an incredible force that will change our world in ways we can’t anticipate. The site is now worth an estimated $90 billion.Īlong with running one of the most popular websites on the internet today, Wojcicki also advocates for more female representation in the technology industry. She worked on this video-sharing platform for many years and eventually she was named CEO of YouTube in 2014. This led to the creation of AdSense, which made Google the leader in online display advertising.īut her biggest accomplishment was the development of Google Video in 2005, which resulted in the company purchasing the popular video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion. Her first big breakthrough was in 2000 when she debuted AdWords, the clickable text-only advertisement that appears on Google search pages. She was then hired by Google in 1999 as their 16th employee to work on advertising. This is when she let Googleco-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page rent her garage in Menlo Park, California to develop Google’s search engine. In 1998, she returned to Silicon Valley to pursue her career in tech. Resources and Solutions to Providing Connectivity.State Connectivity COVID-19 Response Plan.Community Connectivity COVID-19 Response Plan.
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