{"id":225,"date":"2023-04-02T19:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T19:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2023-11-20T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T07:58:42","slug":"neal-mohan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/neal-mohan","title":{"rendered":"YouTube&#8217;s new CEO: how Neal Mohan climbed the ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neal Mohan, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/tag\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a>, was born in 1973 and raised in Hyderabad, India. He had a passion for technology from a young age, often tinkering with electronics and computers. In 1986, his family immigrated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/tag\/united-states\">United States<\/a>, settling in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of <a href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/tag\/chicago\">Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/neal-mohan\/#Early_life\" title=\"Early life\">Early life<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/neal-mohan\/#Early_career\" title=\"Early career\">Early career<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/neal-mohan\/#DoubleClick\" title=\"DoubleClick\">DoubleClick<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Early_life\"><\/span>Early life<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohan went on to study at Stanford University, where he received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1996. After graduation, he joined <a href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/tag\/accenture\">Accenture<\/a>, a global management consulting firm, where he gained experience in the technology and financial services industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube&#039;s Next Chapter Under Neal Mohan (New CEO)\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOtlSM9eehc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neal Mohan <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Early_career\"><\/span>Early career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1997, Mohan joined a startup called Net Gravity, which specialized in online advertising. He quickly became a key figure in the company&#8217;s operations and helped expand its prominence. Later that same year, Net Gravity was acquired by DoubleClick, and Mohan moved to the company&#8217;s headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next several years, Mohan became more involved in central business affairs within DoubleClick, eventually becoming Vice President of Business Operations. In 2003, he returned to Stanford to pursue his MBA, and after completing his degree, he rejoined DoubleClick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DoubleClick\"><\/span>DoubleClick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2007, Google acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, and Mohan played a key role in the integration process. He managed the company&#8217;s acquisition of Invite Media in 2010 and eventually became Senior Vice President of Display and Video Ads at Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohan joined YouTube as Chief Product Officer in 2015, where he managed several of the company&#8217;s marquee products, including YouTube Music, YouTube TV, and YouTube Premium. In 2023, he was selected to succeed Susan Wojcicki as YouTube&#8217;s CEO, and he continues to lead the company with a focus on innovation and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his work at YouTube, Mohan has also worked with Microsoft and sits on the boards of Stitch Fix and 23andMe. He is regarded as a highly respected and influential business executive, and his leadership has helped shape the online advertising and digital media industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Net worth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 2023, Neal Mohan&#8217;s net worth is estimated to be around $500 million, according to various sources. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s next for YouTube with Neal Mohan at the helm?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[58,185,49,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}