Neal Mohan

Neal Mohan was born in Lafayette, Indiana, on July 14, 1973. His parents, Aditya Mohan and Deepa Mohan, were Indian-Tamils from the city of Lucknow. Aditya Mohan moved to the United States in the early 1970s to pursue a PhD in civil engineering. He was admitted to Purdue University. Mohan grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He moved to India in 1985, with his family, spending the next seven years completing high school at St. Francis' College, where he learned to speak Hindi and Sanskrit. At some point between 1991 and 1992, Mohan moved back to the United States. He attended Stanford University, graduating in 1996 with a degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005 where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. == Career ==

Accenture and NetGravity After graduation, Mohan worked at Accenture, then owned by Arthur Andersen. In 1997, he joined a startup called NetGravity, becoming a key figure in the company's operations and greatly expanding its prominence. While at Google, Mohan managed the company's 2010 US$85 million acquisition of Invite Media. Before moving to YouTube, he was senior vice president of display and video ads at Google. Following September 2020, Mohan appeared before Congress and participated in a White House summit, during which he introduced a new content moderation policy for YouTube aimed at addressing violent extremist content on the platform. This policy expanded upon previous ones targeting groups such as ISIS, by prohibiting content that glorified violence or sought to recruit or fundraise for extremist organizations, regardless of whether the content was directly associated with a designated terrorist group. Concurrently, YouTube initiated a media literacy campaign to assist viewers, particularly younger ones, in recognizing manipulation techniques employed in the dissemination of misinformation. On February 16, 2023, Mohan was selected to succeed Susan Wojcicki as YouTube's CEO. == Other ventures ==

Mohan has also worked with Microsoft and sat on the boards of Stitch Fix and 23andMe. == Personal life ==

Mohan is married to Hema Sareen Mohan, who has worked in the non-profit and public welfare sectors for two decades. He married his wife while in New York during his time working for DoubleClick. == References ==