I guess I could also comment about the article itself.

It's great that Susan is an influential level-headed intuitive executive at Google, and I suppose it's somewhat noteworthy that it was her garage that was originally used as Google's office, but aside from that I'm not sure what the point is. Her style is reminiscent of several senior vice presidents at several companies I've worked at, and her contributions don't seem manifestly larger then any other SVP in charge of a major project. Sure, she makes the most money at the company, but I'm not sure that entitles her to a special spot in Google's history at the same level as the other 12 SVPs and certainly not the founders themselves.

"Paul Buchheit, the founder of Gmail, had the idea to run ads within Google's e-mail service. But he and others say it was Wojcicki, with the backing of Brin, who organized the team that adapted that idea into an enormously successful product."

Nothing to do with the article, but I just find the "founder of Gmail" language a bit funny in this case. I don't normally associate the "founder" relationship with projects invested in and resourced (and, not to mention, wholly owned) by a large corporation. Being the initial developer != founder.

Related article from 2007 that gives further information about Susan's house and her role in Google: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2007...

Interestingly enough, her mother, Esther Wojcicki is a teacher at my school.