Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, is leaving her post after nine years.
She announced her decision to “concentrate on my family, health, and personal initiatives I’m passionate about” in a blog post.
Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief technology officer, will now lead the Google-owned video service.
Ms. Wojcicki has stated that she has decided to step down from her position as CEO of YouTube because “the time is right for me” and “we have an outstanding leadership team in place at YouTube.”
Ms. Wojcicki said she will stay on at YouTube for the “near time” to “support Neal and assist with the transition.”
She lauded Mr. Mohan on her blog for his leadership roles in establishing YouTube TV, YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Shorts.
Ms. Wojcicki stated she will “take on an advising post across Google and Alphabet” after receiving an offer from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.
With this new role, she would be able to “draw on my many expertise over the years to offer advice and guidance throughout Google and the portfolio of Alphabet firms,” as she put it.
Legacy
Soon after Google’s co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set up shop in the garage of Ms. Wojcicki’s Silicon Valley home in 1998, she was hired on as the company’s first marketing manager.
She has worked for Google for nearly 25 years and was employee number 16 out of the company’s original 20.
As CEO of YouTube, Ms. Wojcicki has taken heat for the company’s approach to policing offensive or harmful content, disseminating false information, and protecting the privacy of young users.
Many international fact-checking organizations have voiced concerns that YouTube isn’t doing enough to curb the spread of false material.
The online streaming platform had just crossed the one billion user mark when she signed up for it in 2014. There are now over 2.5 billion people using it every month, and many YouTube producers have made successful careers out of their channels.
Jimmy Donaldson, best known on his YouTube as Mr. Beast, made more money than any other creator on the platform in 2017.
Recent predictions by Forbes magazine put the young American’s gross revenue from YouTube in 2022 at £45 million, higher than any creator in the platform’s history.
thank you @SusanWojcicki for all your amazing work over the years to make YouTube home for so many creators ♥️ pic.twitter.com/T2t2NUqRsW
— YouTube Creators (@YouTubeCreators) February 16, 2023
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