YouTube: Susan Wojcicki steps down as CEO

Neil Mohan will soon replace Susan Wojcicki at the head of YouTube.

Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube for nine years, has decided to step down to hand over the reins of Google’s video division to Neil Mohan, her senior deputy and current chief product officer of YouTube, to start a new chapter in her career. on his family, his health and his personal projects. Despite this announcement of her departure, she will now act as an advisor to Google and its parent company Alphabet.

Today, after nearly 25 years at Google, I’m taking a step back to start a new chapter. Every day I am inspired by creators from all over the world who connect people on @YouTube. It was an honor to sit on the front row in this incredible community. https://t.co/063sYalPzX

— Susan Wojcicki (@SusanWojcicki) February 16, 2023

Susan Wojcicki, one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley

Leasing her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of the Google search engine, she joined the Mountain View firm as a marketing manager in the late 1990s and rose through the ranks in the advertising business from Google. In 2014, then-Google CEO Larry Page appointed Susan Wojcicki to run YouTube, an online video company that Google acquired in 2006. Susan Wojcicki then worked to challenge the TV advertising market, incentivize creators, and strengthen her ties with media companies.

YouTube Loses Susan Wojcicki

She also oversaw YouTube’s most difficult years. Under President Donald Trump, the platform has battled issues of extremism, misinformation and child safety. Major advertisers boycotted the platform several times in 2017. Since then, Susan Wojcicki has gradually regained the trust of advertisers and developed the YouTube TV streaming service. Neil Mohan was Susan Wojcicki’s associate director for many years, moving from Google’s advertising business to YouTube in 2015. Many considered him a natural successor.

Susan Wojcicki has a unique place in the history of Google and has made one of the most incredible contributions to the products used by people around the world. We are very grateful to her for all that she has done over the past 25 years. — Larry Page and Sergey Brin