Indian-American Neal Mohan is the new CEO of YouTube

YouTube has a new CEO. Indian-American Neal Mohan is now replacing Susan Wojcicki as the CEO of the video-sharing platform. Mohan has been with YouTube since 2015 serving as its Chief Product Officer. Wojcicki announced her resignation on Thursday, February 16, saying she's stepping back to start a new chapter.  

Who is Neal Mohan? 

• Neal Mohan has a shining CV and like his counterparts at several other American tech giants, he is also a graduate of Stanford University. 
• The 49-year-old has been looking after YouTube's user experience and global trust and safety measures since 2015.
• According to Mohan's LinkedIn profile, he started his career at Accenture as a Senior Analyst in 1996, then moved to stints in advertising firms.
• He also worked as Corporate Strategy Manager at Microsoft. His time with Google began in 2008 as the Senior Vice President of Display and Video Ads before starting at YouTube. 
• He also sits on the board as a director at companies like Stitch Fix and 23andMe and is also a member at Council on Foreign Relations. 

This is what Susan Wojcicki said of Mohan:

Neal Mohan adds to the growing list of Indian-Americans leading US tech giants from Microsoft's Satya Nadella to YouTube's parent company Google's Sundar Pichai.