YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says she's stepping down

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday that she's stepping down. Chief merchandise serviceman Neal Mohan volition instrumentality the pb arsenic the SVP and caller caput of YouTube.

"Today, aft astir 25 years here, I've decided to measurement backmost from my relation arsenic the caput of YouTube and commencement a caller section focused connected my family, health, and idiosyncratic projects I'm passionate about," she said.

Wojcicki joined YouTube arsenic the CEO 9 years ago, successful 2014.

She volition proceed moving with YouTube teams, coaching members and gathering with creators, she added.

Wojcicki said she agreed with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to, successful the longer term, instrumentality connected an advisory relation crossed Google and Alphabet. "This volition let maine to telephone connected my antithetic experiences implicit the years to connection counsel and guidance crossed Google and the portfolio of Alphabet companies," she wrote.

"The clip is close for me, and I consciousness capable to bash this due to the fact that we person an unthinkable enactment squad successful spot astatine YouTube," she noted. "When I joined YouTube 9 years ago, 1 of my archetypal priorities was bringing successful an unthinkable enactment team."

She said she spent astir 15 years of her vocation moving with Mohan "first erstwhile helium came implicit to Google with the DoubleClick acquisition successful 2007 and arsenic his relation grew to go SVP of Display and Video Ads."

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