YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki is going to step down from the position after nine years, she mentioned in a blog post. She also mentioned that Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer, of YouTube will become the new leader for YouTube.
The new CEO, Mohan, a Stanford graduated from Stanford and joined Google in 2008. His work at YouTube as a Chief Product Officer focused mostly on building YouTube Shorts and Music. He has worked with Microsoft, Stitch Fix, and 23and Me prior to joining Google.
54-year-old Wojcicki said she will be focusing on “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.” She worked as a Senior-VP for Ad products at Google and became the CEO of this streaming website in 2014.
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She was one of the earliest employees of Alphabet Inc. She has been with Google for nearly 25 years. Before that, she worked at Intel Corporation and Bain & Company.
The new focus of YouTube is on viewing time like popular short-form video app TikTok and streaming services like Netflix.
A news to shock is that the change in the shares of Alphabet Inc. after the news is very low which is not even more than 1%.
