You’ve built YouTube into an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. Thank you, It’s been amazing to work with you over the years. Mohan thanked the outgoing YouTube CEO in a tweet. Neal will be a terrific leader for YouTube,” added Wojcicki. “He has a wonderful sense for our product, our business, our creator and user communities, and our employees. Neal Mohan was one of those leaders, and he’ll be the SVP and new head of YouTube,” she wrote. “When I joined YouTube nine years ago, one of my first priorities was bringing in an incredible leadership team. Through her email, she also introduced Neal Mohan as the new head and senior vice president (SVP) of YouTube. She said that she has agreed with Pichai on taking on an advisory role across Google and Alphabet. Wojcicki was one of the earliest employees at Google, having joined the company in 1999.Īnnouncing her decision to step down as YouTube CEO, Wojcicki shared an email on 16 February with the company’s employees writing, “Today, after nearly 25 years here, I’ve decided to step back from my role as the head of YouTube and start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.” It was in a garage in the home of her parents where Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the search engine platform. (Image: Courtesy of Neal was instrumental in Google’s growth. Susan Wojcicki introduces Neal Mohan as the next head of YouTube Mohan speaking at a YouTube event.
With his elevation to the top post, Mohan has now joined an elite list of Indian-origin CEOs of major global companies, among whom are Laxman Narasimhan of Starbucks, Leena Nair of Chanel, Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Sundar Pichai of both Alphabet and Google. Wojcicki stepped down from the position after nine years at the helm of the video-sharing platform. On 16 February 2023, Indian-American Neal Mohan was named as the successor of Susan Wojcicki as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google-owned YouTube.
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