Neal Mohan is the current Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the search engine YouTube.

Neal Mohan had previously been the Chief Product Officer in YouTube (A Google subsidiary), Neal Mohan of Indian origin has completed his studies from America and there he worked in many big tech companies.

He succeeded Susan Wojcicki on February 16, 2023.

Family

Neal’s father, Dr. Aditya Mohan, was born in Lucknow, India. His mother’s name is Deepa Mohan.

Neal has two younger brothers, Anuj Mohan and Kapil Mohan.Kapil works as a senior Product Manager at Indeed.In May 2006, Anuj Mohan sustained massive injuries due to an accident while swimming his apartment’s pool.After receiving treatment for over a month, Anuj breathed his last at the age of 30.

Neal’s wife, Hema Sareen Mohan, is a resident of New York, who primarily works with various non-profit organisations. Neal and Hema got married while Mohan was working at DoubleClick. Together, the couple has three children; two sons and a daughter.

Education

He did his schooling in the U.S state of Michigan, as well as in Florida, before briefly spending a few more years in India during high school at St. Francis’ College. 

Neal Mohan grew up in the state of Texas and attended Stanford University. He received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering and went on to earn a master’s degree from the same university.

Accenture and Net Gravity

After graduation, Mohan worked at Accenture. In 1997, he joined a startup called Net Gravity, becoming a key figure in the company’s operations and greatly expanding its prominence.

DoubleClick

In 1997, Net Gravity was acquired by DoubleClick. Mohan moved from California to the company’s headquarters in New York. In the next several years, he gradually became more involved in central business affairs within the company. He became the vice president of business operations.

In 2003, he returned to Stanford to pursue his MBA. While he was at Stanford, DoubleClick began to face serious issues stemming from its acquisition of Abacus Direct in 1999. The merger was infact annulled by Hellman & Friedman, who acquired DoubleClick and split off Abacus Direct from it.

Hellman & Friedman requested that longtime executive David Rosenblatt become CEO of DoubleClick in the wake of the company’s partition. Rosenblatt accepted this offer and also enlisted Mohan after he acquired his MBA in 2005, under Mohan’s conditions that he would stay in California.

Together, Rosenblatt and Mohan devised a plan to orient DoubleClick towards being a company vested upon advertising exchange, core ad technology situations, and an extensive ad network. This plan was outlined in a 400-slide PowerPoint presentation, said by those who created or have seen it to still have influence on current business plans by Google. The plan was presented to the board of DoubleClick and Hellman & Friedman in December 2005, who approved it.

Google

On April 13, 2007, Google agreed to acquire DoubleClick for US$3.1 billion. Google executive Susan Wojcicki largely orchestrated this action. For the next 15 years, she worked extensively with Mohan, who formally joined Google in 2007, playing a key role in the integration process with DoubleClick. 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.

In 2011, Rosenblatt, who was now a board member of Twitter, attempted to hire Mohan as chief product officer. Though Mohan nearly accepted, Google paid him US$ 100 million in order to remain at the company. A former Facebook senior executive also stated that he attempted to hire Mohan while he was at Google.

YouTube

Mohan joined YouTube in 2015 as Chief Product Officer. During his time at the company, he managed a number of its marquees throughout the late 2010’s and early 2020’s, including YouTube Music, YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, YouTube Shorts, and YouTube NFTs. 

Following political efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, including the January 6 capitol riot, Mohan testified before Congress and attended a White House summit in September 2022 to announce stricter guidelines to combat extremism on the YouTube platform.

On February 16, 2023, Mohan was selected to succeed Susan Wojcicki as YouTube’s CEO.

Other ventures

Mohan has also worked with Microsoft and currently sits on the boards of Stitch Fix and 23andMe.

Honors & Awards

Neal Mohan has received several awards and honors throughout his career. In 2019, he was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

He has also been recognized as one of Adweek’s 50 Most Indispensable Executives in Marketing, Media and Tech, and has received the Luminary Award from the Ad Club of New York.

As of 2023, Neal Mohan’s net worth is estimated to be around $150 million. According to some reports, Neal Mohan reportedly received a sizable $100 million from Google to deter him from accepting a top position at Twitter.

Salary

Till now Neal Mohan’s salary has not been made official. However, based on Wojcicki’s monthly salary, business portals have reported that Neal is expected to receive at least $374,829 (around Rs 3.1 crore) per month, which means his daily income will be around Rs 10 lakh, besides his bonuses.

1. What is Neal Mohan Salary per month?
Ans. Google’s annual proxy filling with the US Securities and Exchange Commission says that Neal Mohan base salary will be around 3 crores INR.

2. What is YouTube CEO salary in rupees?
Ans. The estimated take home salary of a CEO at YouTube ranges between 3 crores per month in India.

3. What is the major contribution of Neal Mohan in YouTube?
Ans. As YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the platform’s products, user experience, and trust and safety initiatives.

4. What is the wife name of Neal Mohan?
Ans. Neal Mohan wife name is Heema Sareen Mohan.

5. Who is CEO of YouTube?
Ans. Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube, assumed the CEO role at YouTube.