Question 1

True or false: Susan Wojcicki stepped down as YouTube CEO because she was hired as CEO of Google.

Accepted Answer

False. She left YouTube in 2023 to focus on family, health, and personal projects, not to lead Google.

Question 2

True or false: Susan Wojcicki was the 16th employee at Google and rented her garage to the founders.

Accepted Answer

True. She rented her Menlo Park garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and later became Google’s 16th employee.

Question 3

True or false: Susan Wojcicki was the sister of Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, and married to Dennis Crowley.

Accepted Answer

False. She is Anne Wojcicki’s sister, but she was married to Google executive Dennis Troper, not Dennis Crowley.

Question 4

True or false: Susan Wojcicki oversaw the acquisition of YouTube and later became its CEO.

Accepted Answer

False. She was not involved in YouTube’s acquisition; she became YouTube’s CEO years later, in 2014.

Question 5

True or false: Wojcicki was the first person to run Google’s AdSense program, turning it into a billion-dollar business.

Accepted Answer

True. She led the AdSense team from 2003, growing it into a massive revenue driver for Google.

Question 6

True or false: Susan Wojcicki studied history and literature at Harvard, not computer science.

Accepted Answer

False. She actually studied history and literature at Harvard, but later earned an economics degree and an MBA.

Question 7

True or false: Wojcicki helped create Google Image Search by suggesting the feature after the 1999 Jennifer Lopez dress photo went viral.

Accepted Answer

True. She proposed Image Search after people struggled to find the green Versace dress online, leading to a key Google feature.

Question 8

True or false: Wojcicki was a key figure in Google’s acquisition of Android, which she championed internally.

Accepted Answer

True. She pushed for Google to acquire Android in 2005, seeing its potential for mobile, a move that shaped the smartphone era.

Susan Wojcicki Trivia Questions