UCLA Anderson School of Management announced that Susan Wojcicki (MBA ’98), chief executive officer of YouTube and former head of advertising and commerce at Google will deliver the commencement address to this year’s graduates. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on June 13, 2014.
Wojcicki is considered to be one of the world’s most well known technology executives and an early champion of online video. She now supervises YouTube’s content and business operations, engineering and product development.
Wojcicki has been named one of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” one of Forbes’ “100 Most Powerful Women” and one of Vanity Fair’s “50 leading innovators [who] shake the foundations of their industries.”
“Susan’s blend of leadership, first at Google and now at YouTube, is deeply analytical, inspirational and has affected the way each of us learns, works, communicates and collaborates,” says Judy Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Before being named YouTube’s CEO in February 2014, Wojcicki served as Google’s senior vice president of advertising and commerce, where she was responsible for the design and engineering of AdWords, AdSense, DoubleClick and Google Analytics. She started at Google in 1999 as the company’s first marketing manager and led the initial development of several key consumer products such as Google Images and Google Books.
“My time at Anderson had a profound impact on my career, teaching me the importance of collaboration and innovative thinking,” says Wojcicki. “I’m thrilled to come back to Westwood to address the next generation of leaders, ready to solve the challenges of tomorrow.”
