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Neal Mohan
Mohan at TechCrunch Disrupt 2019
Born1973 (age 50–51)
EducationStanford University (BS, MBA)
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleCEO of YouTube
PredecessorSusan Wojcicki
Board member of
Spouse
Hema Sareen Mohan
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(after 1996)​
Neal Mohan's voice
On COVID-19's impact on YouTube
Recorded July 2020

Neal Mohan (born 1973)[1] is an Indian-American business executive, who is the fourth and current CEO of YouTube. He succeeded Susan Wojcicki on February 16, 2023.[2][3]

Early life

Neal Mohan was born in 1973 in Lafayette, Indiana.[1] He grew up in the U.S state of Michigan, as well as in Florida, before briefly spending a few more years in India during high school at St. Francis' College.[4] At some point between then and the 1990s, Mohan moved back to the United States and by the time he was involved with YouTube, he was an American citizen.[2][5] He attended Stanford University, graduating in 1996 with a degree in electrical engineering.[6][7]

Career

Accenture and Net Gravity

After graduation, Mohan worked at Accenture, then owned by Arthur Andersen. In 1997, he joined a startup called Net Gravity, becoming a key figure in the company's operations and greatly expanding its prominence.[7]

DoubleClick

In 1997, Net Gravity was acquired by DoubleClick. Mohan moved from California to the company's headquarters in New York. In the next several years, he gradually became more involved in central business affairs within the company, with DoubleClick relying on him for cutting costs in the wake of the burst of the dot-com bubble . He became the vice president of business operations.[7]

In 2003, he returned to Stanford to pursue his MBA. While he was at Stanford, DoubleClick began to face serious issues stemming from its acquisition of Abacus Direct in 1999. The merger was de facto annulled by Hellman & Friedman, who acquired DoubleClick and split off Abacus Direct from it. Hellman & Friedman requested that longtime executive David Rosenblatt become CEO of DoubleClick in the wake of the company's partition. Rosenblatt accepted this offer and also enlisted Mohan after he acquired his MBA in 2005, under Mohan's conditions that he would stay in California.[7]

Together, Rosenblatt and Mohan devised a plan to orient DoubleClick towards being a company vested upon advertising exchange, core ad technology situations, and an extensive ad network. This plan was outlined in a 400-slide PowerPoint presentation, said by those who created or have seen it to still have influence on current business plans by Google. The plan was presented to the board of DoubleClick and Hellman & Friedman in December 2005, who approved it.[7]

Google

Mohan at the 2013 Tech Crunch Disrupt conference

On April 13, 2007, Google agreed to acquire DoubleClick for US$3.1 billion. Google executive Susan Wojcicki largely orchestrated this action. For the next 15 years, she worked extensively with Mohan, who formally joined Google in 2007, playing a key role in the integration process with DoubleClick[8][9] While at Google, Mohan managed the company's 2010 US$85 million acquisition of Invite Media. Before moving to YouTube, he was senior vice president of display and video ads at Google.[9]

In 2011, Rosenblatt, who was now a board member of Twitter, attempted to hire Mohan as chief product officer. Though Mohan nearly accepted, Google paid him US$ 100 million in order to remain at the company. A former Facebook senior executive also stated that he attempted to hire Mohan while he was at Google.[7]

YouTube

Mohan at Collision 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Mohan joined YouTube (a Google subsidiary) in 2015 as Chief Product Officer.[10][2] During his time at the company, he managed a number of its marquees throughout the late 2010s and early 2020s, including YouTube Music, YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, YouTube Shorts, and YouTube NFTs.[11][12] Following political efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, including the January 6 capitol riot, Mohan testified before Congress and attended a White House summit in September 2022 to announce stricter guidelines to combat conservative extremism on the YouTube platform.[9]

On February 16, 2023, Mohan was selected to succeed Susan Wojcicki as YouTube's CEO.[6]

Other ventures

Mohan has also worked with Microsoft and currently sits on the boards of Stitch Fix and 23andMe.[2]

Personal life

Mohan is married to Hema Sareen Mohan, who has worked in the non-profit and public welfare sectors for two decades.[13] He married his wife while in New York during his time working for DoubleClick.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Neal Mohan bio". YouTube for Press. March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Who is Neal Mohan? An Indian-American to become CEO of YouTube". The Times of India. February 17, 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Changing of the Guard: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Steps Down, Indian-American Neal Mohan Takes Over, New CEO of Youtube". RW Media World. February 18, 2023. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Interviewing My Boss: YouTube's Chief Product Officer - NEAL!, retrieved March 29, 2023
  5. ^ "From Lucknow to USA: Indian-American Neal Mohan's journey to becoming YouTube CEO". businessinsider.in. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "YouTube CEO Wojcicki, one of the first Google employees, steps down". Reuters. February 16, 2023. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Carlson, Nicholas. "Google Paid This Man $100 Million: Here's His Story". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "A personal update from Susan". blog.youtube. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Morris, Chris (February 16, 2023). "6 things to know about new YouTube chief Neal Mohan". Fast Company. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  10. ^ Roth, Emma (February 16, 2023). "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years at the helm". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  11. ^ McCracken, Harry (September 17, 2021). "After a year like no other, YouTube is previewing what's next". Fast Company. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  12. ^ Marino, Andrew (February 10, 2022). "A chat with YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan on new features coming this year". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Bureau, ABP News (February 16, 2023). "All About Neal Mohan, The Next Indian-American CEO Of YouTube". news.abplive.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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