THE HIGHLY successful businesswoman is also a mother.
Susan Wojcicki shares multiple children with her husband, Dennis Troper.
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Who are Susan Wojcicki's children?
Wojcicki and Troper have five kids together.
The businesswoman has not shared many details about her children with the public, and information about their lives is largely unknown.
However, Wojcicki has repeatedly spoken about some of her parenting decisions.
When she was pregnant with her fifth child in 2014, the then-YouTube CEO spoke with Maria Shriver from NBC and discussed the positives of being a working mother.
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"Your kids get something from your career and your career will get something from your kids," she said, according to Today.
The 55-year-old also talked about how she tries to make sure she is home by 6 p.m. each evening to eat dinner with her family.
"I try, because I found that if I'm home for dinner, I can get the scoop from my kids on the day. After my kids go to bed, I check email. It's about having that balance."
In a 2019 interview with CBS, Wojcicki spoke about how she restricts the amount of time her children spend on YouTube.
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"So I allow my younger kids to use YouTube Kids, but I limit the amount of time that they're on it. I think too much of anything is not a good thing. But there's a lot you can learn on YouTube," she said, in part.
When did Susan Wojcicki get married?
Wojcicki and Troper have been married for over 25 years.
The couple wed on August 23, 1998.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Troper has worked at Google for more than two decades.
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He has served as the company's director of project management in trust, privacy, and user data since December 2021.
What happened to Susan Wojcicki's son, Marco Troper?
Wojcicki's 19-year-old son, Marco Troper, tragically passed away in February 2024.
Marco's grandmother, Esther Wojcicki, confirmed his death in a February 15 Facebook post.
"Tragedy hit my family yesterday[.] My beloved grandson Marco Troper, age 19 passed away yesterday. Our family is devastated beyond comprehension," she wrote.
"Marco was the most kind, loving, smart, fun and beautiful human being. He was just getting start[ed] on his second semester of his freshman year at UC Berkeley majoring in math and was truly loving it.
"He had a strong community of friends from his dorm at Stern Hall and his fraternity Zeta Psi and was thriving academically. At home, he would tell us endless stories of his life and friends at Berkeley.
"Marco's life was cut too short. And we are all devastated, thinking about all the opportunities and life experiences that he will miss and we will miss together. Marco, we all love you and miss you more than you will ever know."
As People reported, a spokesperson for the University of California, Berkeley, confirmed that Marco was found unresponsive at his dormitory on the afternoon of February 13.
A statement obtained by the publication from the University of California Police Department, Berkeley, said that the Berkeley Fire Department informed campus police that they were "attempting life-saving measures" on Marco after he was found.
The fire department soon pronounced him dead, per the outlet.
At this time, his cause of death is unknown, but there were no signs of foul play, per campus police.
Esther told SFGate that she thinks her grandson's death was drug-related.
"He ingested a drug, and we don’t know what was in it,” she said. "… One thing we do know, it was a drug.
"We want to prevent this from happening to any other family," she continued.
Per the outlet, Esther said the family is waiting on a toxicology report that could help confirm Marco's cause of death.
The report could take up to 30 days.
Why did Susan Wojcicki step down as YouTube's CEO?
On February 16, 2023, Wojcicki announced that she was stepping down as YouTube's CEO.
She served as the head of the social media platform for nine years.
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As reported by Vox, Wojcicki said she was leaving to "start a new chapter focused on my family, health and personal projects I’m passionate about" in a letter given to YouTube's workers.
Neal Mohan took Wojcicki's place.
