Neal Mohan Biography, Age, Wife, Education, Parents, Religion, Salary, Net Worth
Indian American Neal Mohan is the current CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of YouTube, an online video-sharing platform, succeeding Susan Wojcicki. He is a renowned technology executive who has made significant contributions to the development of the digital advertising industry.
Neal Mohan Biography
Neal Mohan (born 1973 or 1974) is an Indian-American business executive, who is the fourth and current CEO of YouTube, succeeding Susan Wojcicki on February 16, 2023.
Neal Mohan Early Life
Neal Mohan was born in either 1973 or 1974 in Lucknow, India. 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 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. He attended Stanford University, graduating in 1996 with a degree in electrical engineering.
Neal Mohan Career
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.
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.
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, under Mohan’s conditions that he would stay in California.
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.
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. Mohan formally joined Google in 2007 and played a major role in the integration process. At Google, Mohan became a prominent figure in business operations to the point that, when Twitter attempted to hire him as chief product officer (David Rosenblatt was on Twitter’s board), Google paid Mohan US$100 million in bonuses to convince him to stay. Similarly, a former Facebook senior executive stated that he attempted to lure Mohan.
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.
Mohan joined YouTube in 2015 as Chief Product Officer. During his time at the company, he managed many of its big releases throughout the late 2010s and early 2020s, such as YouTube Music, YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Shorts. Following political efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, including the January 6 capitol riot, Mohan attempted to combat extremist content on YouTube. He testified before Congress and attended a White House summit in September 2022 to announce a stricter guideline against it. As CPO, he developed a “top-notch product and UX team,” within YouTube.
On February 16, 2023, Wojcicki resigned from her position as CEO of YouTube. Mohan was selected to succeed her.
Neal Mohan Wife
Mohan is married to Hema Sareen Mohan, who has worked in the non-profit and public welfare sectors for two decades. He married his wife while in New York during his time working for DoubleClick.
Neal Mohan Net Worth
Neal Mohan has an estimated net worth to be around $150 million, as of 2023. According to some reports, Neal Mohan reportedly received a sizable $100 million from Google to deter him from accepting a top position at Twitter. His success can be attributed to his innovative ideas and contributions to the development of digital advertising, as well as his leadership in some of the world’s most successful technology companies.
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