YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki stepped down as the CEO of the Alphabet-owned video streaming platform, making way for the company’s chief product officer, Neal Mohan to take over. Mohan, an Indian American executive at YouTube and a close aide of Wojcicki for 15 years was chosen as her successor.

“When I joined YouTube nine years ago, one of my first priorities was bringing in an incredible leadership team. Neal Mohan was one of those leaders, and he’ll be the SVP and new head of YouTube” Wojcicki wrote in a letter to the employees.

Who is Neal Mohan?

Neal Mohan has been serving as the chief product officer for YouTube since 2015. Prior to this, Mohan had worked at the online search giant Google, which he had joined in 2008.

“I’ve spent nearly 15 years of my career working with Neal, first when he came over to Google with the DoubleClick acquisition in 2007 and as his role grew to become SVP of Display and Video Ads. He became YouTube’s Chief Product Officer in 2015. Since then, he has set up a top-notch product and UX team, played pivotal roles in the launch of some of our biggest products, including YouTube TV, YouTube Music and Premium and Shorts, and has led our Trust and Safety team, ensuring that YouTube lives up to its responsibility as a global platform.” Wojcicki said in her letter.

What’s his background?

A Stanford graduate, Mohan has also worked with Microsoft as a manager in corporate strategy.

Prior to Google, Mohan worked at DoubleClick, an online advertising company that was acquired by Google in 2007.Mohan is recognized for his expertise in digital advertising and has also been credited with playing a key role in the development of several of Google’s advertising products, including AdWords, AdSense, and DoubleClick.

Mohan tweeted after the official announcement, and said, “Thank you, @SusanWojcicki. It’s been amazing to work with you over the years. You’ve built YouTube into an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. I’m excited to continue this awesome and important mission. Looking forward to what lies ahead…”

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