Indian-American Neal Mohan Is New YouTube CEO: 5 Points

Neal Mohan began his acareer with Accenture in 1996.

New Delhi: Neal Mohan, an Indian-American, will become the next CEO of Alphabet-owned YouTube following Susan Wojcicki's announcement that she will be stepping down from her role as the head of the video-sharing platform.

Here are 5 facts on Neal Mohan:

A Stanford graduate, 49-year-old Neal Mohan has been serving as YouTube's chief product officer since 2015.
Neal Mohan started his career at Accenture in 1996 and then joined a startup called NetGravity which was subsequently acquired by online advertising firm DoubleClick.
In 2007, DoubleClick was bought by Google. Neal Mohan played a key role in advancing Google's advertising products, including AdWords, AdSense, and DoubleClick.
Neal Mohan has also had a stint with Microsoft where he was the manager of corporate strategy.
He sits on the board of American personal styling service Stitch Fix and Biotech company 23andMe.