The chief executive officer of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down after nine years.
Wojcicki, who joined Google as its 16th employee in 1999, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
She revealed that she would be starting a “new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.”
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Her statement read in part, “Today, after nearly 25 years here, I’ve decided to step back from my role as the head of YouTube and start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.
“The time is right for me, and I feel able to do this because we have an incredible leadership team in place at YouTube. When I joined YouTube nine years ago, one of my first priorities was bringing in an incredible leadership team.
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Revealing that she will be replaced by the current YouTube head of product, Neal Mohan, she said, “Neal Mohan was one of those leaders, and he’ll be the SVP and new head of YouTube. I’ve spent nearly 15 years of my career working with Neal, first when he came over to Google with the DoubleClick acquisition in 2007 and as his role grew to become SVP of Display and Video Ads. He became YouTube’s Chief Product Officer in 2015.
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