California: Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the next Chief Executive Officer of YouTube after Susan Wojcicki announced her resignation citing “personal projects.”
Taking to Twitter, YouTube Creators informed about Wojcicki’s resignation and thanked her for contributing to the online video-sharing platform.
Who Is Neal Mohan?
- 49-year-old Neal Mohan is currently the Chief Product Officer of YouTube since 2015.
- Before joining YouTube, Mohan was the Senior Vice President (SVP), Display and Video Ads at Google.
- He is a Stanford graduate and started his career at Accenture in 1996.
- Later he joined a startup called NetGravity which was subsequently acquired by online advertising firm DoubleClick.
- DoubleClick was bought by Google in 2007.
- Mohan played a key role in advancing Google’s advertising products, including AdWords, AdSense, and DoubleClick.
- He also had a stint with Microsoft where he was the manager of the corporate strategy.