Aug 10 (Reuters) - YouTube ex-CEO and one of the first

Google employees Susan Wojcicki has died at the age of 56 after

two years of living with cancer, Google Chief

Executive Sundar Pichai said on social media platform X on

Saturday.

"Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend Susan

Wojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as core

to the history of Google as anyone, and it's hard to imagine the

world without her," Pichai wrote in a post.

Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in tech, stepped

down from her role at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for

nine years.

"It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan

Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our

five children left us today after 2 years of living with

non-small cell lung cancer," Dennis Troper, Wojcicki's husband

wrote on Facebook earlier in the night.