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Last Update: February 17, 2023, 10:40 IST
Neel Mohan is the current Chief Product Officer of YouTube.
Here are 6 things to know about YouTube’s newly appointed Indian-origin CEO Neil Mohan.
Indian-American Neil Mohan will take over as the new CEO of YouTube after the current CEO Susan Wojcicki has announced that she is stepping down after a successful 9-year stint at the head of the video-sharing website.
Neil Mohan, YouTube’s current Chief Product Officer, joined Google in 2008, and is an alumnus of Stanford University and previously held a position at Microsoft.
Susan Wojcicki, who spent 9 years as CEO of YouTube, will take on an advisory role at Google and Alphabet in agreement with CEO Sundar Pichai.
Thank you, @SusanWojcicki, It has been wonderful working with you over the years. You have made YouTube an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. I’m excited to continue this awesome and important mission. Looking forward to what’s next… https://t.co/Rg5jXv1NGb— Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) February 16, 2023
“Mohan will be the SVP and the new head of YouTube. I’ve spent nearly 15 years of my career working with Mohan, first when he came to Google with the DoubleClick acquisition in 2007 and as his role grew to become SVP of Display and Video Ads,” said Wojcicki .
Neil Mohan’s appointment as YouTube CEO joins a growing list of highly sought-after Indian-American executives who have held top leadership roles at well-known tech companies. Notable names include PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Google’s own Sundar Pichai.
Here are five things you must know about Neil Mohan:
- Neel Mohan holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
- Mohan’s career began as a senior analyst at Accenture.
- Throughout his career, he has worked in various organizations in various roles ranging from being the Vice President to Business As Manager of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft, DoubleClick Inc. Operations and served as Senior Vice President of Display and Video Ads at Google.
- He is a board member at Stitch Fix and the board of directors at 23andme.
- Mohan was instrumental in launching popular features of YouTube—including the subscription service YouTube Red—which was later rebranded as YouTube Premium.
- After taking over the role of CEO of YouTube in 2014, Susan Wojcicki brought Mohan on board. Since 2015, Mohan has been serving as the Chief Product Officer at YouTube.
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