Neal Mohan, an Indian-American business executive, became the CEO of YouTube on 16 February 2023, succeeding Susan Wojcicki. |
Neal's father, Aditya Mohan, was born in 1939 in Lucknow, India, and later moved to the United States to pursue a PhD at Purdue University. |
Neal spent his early childhood in Michigan before relocating to India with his family in 1985. |
Upon moving to India, Neal struggled with Hindi fluency but worked hard to excel in the language and scored high marks in the class X exam. |
Neal got married to Hema while working at DoubleClick in New York. |
During his schooling at St. Francis' College in Lucknow, Neal received the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship. |
While at Stanford University, Neal was a member of the Engineering Honour Society. |
While pursuing his post-graduation at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Neal was honored with the Arjay Miller Scholars Award. |
In 2006, Neal’s brother Anuj tragically passed away at the age of 30 after sustaining severe injuries while swimming. |
Neal's wife, Hema Sareen Mohan, is actively involved with nonprofit organizations. |
In 2011, Neal was offered a chief product officer position at Twitter but opted to stay at Google after being granted a significant stock bonus of US$100 million. |