Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, is resigning from her position. In order to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” the executive, who has served as the chief executive of the largest video-sharing platform in the world for nine years, has revealed that she will be departing the company.
Neal Mohan, the company’s chief product officer at the moment, will take her place. Wojcicki joined Google in 1999, thus she has a lengthy history with YouTube’s parent firm, Alphabet.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki to Step Down from her Role
On February 17, the 54-year-old corporate leader informed YouTube staff of her choice in a letter. After almost 25 years, she stated, “today I’ve made the decision to stand down from her position as YouTube’s CEO and begin a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”
“For all the YouTubers I’ve had the honour to work with, thank you very much for all that you’ve done over the years to improve this platform. You enabled completely new kinds of art and narrative, built the largest creative economy the world has ever known, and helped millions of creators and artists find new audiences.
Wojcicki, who became the CEO of YouTube in 2014, will now continue to engage with the teams of the business to coach employees. The statement from Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin acknowledged the executive for her contributions to the business.
Neal Mohan will be the New Head of YouTube
For eight years, Mohan has been Wojcicki’s number two. “Susan has built an excellent team and has in Neal a successor who is ready to hit the ground running and lead YouTube through its next decade of success,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement announcing Neal’s appointment as the next CEO of YouTube.
In her email to Mohan, Wojcicki stated, “I’ve worked with Neal for almost 15 years of my career, first when he joined Google with the DoubleClick purchase in 2007 and then when his position grew to become SVP of Display and Video Ads. In 2015, he was appointed Chief Product Officer of YouTube.
He has a great understanding of our company, our workers, our creative and user communities, and our product. Neal will do a great job of leading YouTube. The most exciting potential for YouTube are ahead thanks to everything we’re doing with Shorts, streaming, and subscriptions, as well as the promises of AI, and Neal is the best guy to lead us, she continued.
Susan Wojcicki Joined Google in 1999
In 1998, Susan rented out her garage to Google’s co-founders Page and Brin, who set up shop there. Before taking over as the president of YouTube, she worked for the firm for 14 years after joining them in 1999 as an expert in advertising and analytics products.
She was the platform’s leader, and she took it to new heights. More over 10% of Alphabet’s total income, or $29.2 billion, was produced by the business in ad sales last year. She did, however, encounter some difficulties as TikTok and other rival platforms gained popularity.
