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Jeff Su

Jeff Su is a YouTube educator who teaches working professionals to use AI at work, from ChatGPT prompts to Claude Cowork systems. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he worked as a management consultant at EY in New York City before joining Google's sales team in 2016 and moving into product marketing for Google Ads. His channel began with a first video in June 2020 that drew 327 views; ChatGPT productivity tips followed in June 2023, and the channel passed one million subscribers by March 2025. In 2025, he left Google after nine years to teach full time. He runs the Cowork Academy, a paid course for building an AI system in Claude Cowork, and his YouTube channel has about 2 million subscribers.

Now at
Google
Links
Website and LinkedIn

Timeline

  1. By 2016

    Consulting at EY in New York

    He grows up in Hong Kong, studies in North America, and prepares with more than 50 mock case interviews to land a management consulting job at EY in New York City. He spends two years in consulting, earning a promotion to Senior Consultant in 2016.

  2. 2016

    Joining Google's sales team

    He joins Google's sales team in 2016 as its youngest member, with no sales experience, and rises to rank as the number one seller globally in the small business segment for one quarter. Promoted after 8 months, he later transfers to the product marketing team and works on Google Ads, helping app developers.

  3. June 2020

    A first YouTube video

    He uploads his first YouTube video in June 2020, and it earns 327 views. From 2020 to 2022, he posts a video every week, putting 20 to 30 hours a week outside his full-time Google job into ideating, scripting and editing.

  4. June 2023

    ChatGPT tips for work

    In June 2023, he publishes his top eight ChatGPT productivity tips for work, with prompts for tasks ranging from writing self-evaluations and 30-60-90 day onboarding plans to brainstorming team-building activities.

  5. June 2024

    The Workspace Academy course

    In June 2024, after asking Google Gemini to weigh the decision, he pauses YouTube uploads to build a course on his Google Workspace workflow. The Workspace Academy teaches his CORE Workflow for Google Workspace, covering file management, task management and a systematic workflow.

  6. March 2025

    One million subscribers

    By March 2025, his YouTube channel passes 1 million subscribers and averages 2 million views a month. In a March 2025 essay, he describes the toll of that growth, from declining 90% of social invitations to a dip in his performance at Google.

  7. 2025

    Leaving Google after nine years

    He leaves Google in 2025 after nine years, having found that his true fulfillment comes from teaching at scale. Leaving also removes any conflict of interest when he reviews Google Gemini and Google Workspace tools.

  8. As of October 2026

    The Cowork Academy for Claude

    He runs the Cowork Academy, a paid course for building an AI system in Claude Cowork, and sends one AI tip a week through his AI Essentials newsletter; in early 2026, he releases a free Cowork Toolkit built around his Claude-based workflow. His YouTube channel has grown to about 2 million subscribers, and in October 2026 he publishes guides on personal AI agents and on turning PDFs into lightweight AI reference files.

Career

  1. 2016Ernst & YoungManagement Consultant, Senior Consultant
  2. 2016–2025GoogleSales team member, Product marketing for Google Ads

From the biography.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Includes Google. Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.
  2. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Google. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  3. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes Google. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.
  4. Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labIncludes Google. We estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. So Jeff, when are you leaving Google? jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. How Consulting Changed My Entire Life jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. About Jeff Su | Creator, Former Googler, Productivity Expert jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Is Management Consulting a Waste of Time? jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Why I Left Google (after 9 years) jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Unglamorous Lessons from My Journey to 1M jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Top 8 ChatGPT Productivity Tips for Work jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. I'm taking a break from YouTube (thanks to Gemini) jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. The Workspace Academy academy.jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  10. The Cowork Academy | AI Command Center by Jeff Su coworkacademy.ai. Checked 20 October 2026.
  11. AI for Work: Tutorials and Learning Resources | Jeff Su jeffsu.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  12. Jeffsu YouTube Stats: Followers & Engagement | CreatorDB creatordb.app. Checked 20 October 2026.
  13. Jeff Su - Ghost Explore explore.ghost.org. Checked 20 October 2026.