Neal Mohan, YouTube's Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President, is set to take over as YouTube's CEO. He will replace Susan Wojcicki, who announced she was stepping down from the role after nine years.
Mohan will join an expanding club of prominent Indian-American executives who are running the show for some of the biggest tech giants in the world.
He will join the likes of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
As Susan Wojcicki announced her stepping down from the position, Neal Mohan tweeted, "Thank you, @SusanWojcicki. It's been amazing to work with you over the years. You've built YouTube into an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. I'm excited to continue this awesome and important mission. Looking forward to what lies ahead..."
Who is Neal Mohan?
- He graduated from Stanford University after studying electrical engineering.
- He completed his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2005.
- He worked at DoubleClick Inc. from 1997 to 2003.
- In his short stint at Microsoft, he worked as Manager, Corporate Strategy, from June 2004 to September 2004.
- He returned to DoubleClick as Senior Vice President, Strategy, and Product Management.
- He joined Google in 2008.
- From March 2008 to November 2015, he was Google's SVP of Display and Video Ads.
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