Susan Wojjeski was Google's 16th employee, first marketing manager. She built out a significant chunk of the rest of Google's ads business. When you go to another website that isn't Google, you see an ad served up by Google,. she built that out in large part. Noelle King: How many hats have you worn in 18 years? Peter Kafka: You just sort of have to be willing to do whatever the startup needs you to do.
Execs like YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki and Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg paved the way for women in tech. Now they’re leaving the industry — and being replaced by men.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette with additional fact help from Victoria Chamberlin, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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