Who was the CEO of YouTube before Susan?

Iranian-American senior executive at Google Salar “SK” Kamangar had served as YouTube’s CEO before Susan Wojcicki.

Kamangar succeeded Chad Hurley on October 29, 2010 until February 5, 2014.

The Stanford University graduate had created the company’s first business plan and oversaw its legal and finance departments.

Kamangar is also a founding member of Google’s product team.

Who Is YouTube’s New CEO Neal Mohan?

Neal Mohan is an Indian-American business executive and recently appointed CEO of YouTube.

Mohan is a graduate of Stanford University, where he studied electrical engineering.

Upon graduation, Mohan worked at Accenture, Net Gravity, and later, DoubleClick and Google.

He additionally worked with Microsoft and currently serves as board member in Stich Fix and 23andMe.

Mohan began working for YouTube in 2015 as Chief Product Officer.

Under his leadership were birthed innovations like YouTube Music, YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Shorts. He also set up and managed a reliable UX team.

Mohan is known for making efforts to tackle extremist content by appearing before Congress and attending a White House summit in 2022 to announce a new anti-extremist guideline.

Mohan became YouTube’s CEO on February 16, 2023, following the resignation of Susan Wojcicki, who led the company for nine years.

Users are pleased with the new development, considering Moha’s previous support of NFTs, and unpopular YouTube programs.

Mohan is happily married to his wife, Hema Sareen Mohan.