The unsuspecting garage home that gave birth to one of the most powerful companies ever built – as it’s owner dies aged 56 following tragic final year [Video]

11:51 EDT 11 Aug 2024, updated 12:42 EDT 11 Aug 2024

Susan Wojcicki rented out the space in her garage at her home in Menlo Park to Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who built the iconic search engine there in 1998.

The historic move was one of good faith – made by a woman who would eventually surface as the firm’s longest-serving employee, and one of the highest-profile female Silicon Valley executives to date.

At the time, the search engine was just a prospect –  but Wojcicki was so excited by the potential of Brin and Page’s plans, she quit her marketing job at Intel on the spot.

She did so just for a chance to join them – paving the way for a historic career that came to a premature close this week. She died Friday after a bout with cancer that lasted more than two years, months after losing her son to a drug overdose.

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