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  • Indian American Neal Mohan Named TIME’s 2025 CEO of the Year for Transforming YouTube’s Global Reach

    Indian American Neal Mohan Named TIME’s 2025 CEO of the Year for Transforming YouTube’s Global Reach

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): YouTube chief executive Neal Mohan has been named TIME Magazine’s CEO of the Year for 2025, an honor recognizing his leadership of the world’s largest video platform during a period of rapid change in the global media landscape.

    Mohan, who took over as CEO in 2023, was cited by TIME for steering YouTube’s evolution from a primarily mobile-video destination to a dominant presence in household living rooms, with major gains in TV-screen viewership through YouTube TV and smart-TV integrations. The magazine described him as a “cultural architect,” noting that decisions taken under his leadership shape what billions of people around the world watch, learn, and share.

    The recognition also highlights YouTube’s expanding role in the creator economy. Under Mohan, the company has rolled out new tools and investments for creators, pushed for broader monetization opportunities, and strengthened the platform’s position amid tightening competition and regulatory pressures. According to TIME, Mohan has managed this growth while navigating complex challenges in content moderation, misinformation, and digital policy.

    Mohan, 52, was born in Indiana and spent part of his childhood in Lucknow, India, before returning to the United States for higher education. A graduate of Stanford University, he joined Google after a digital advertising startup he worked for was acquired. He later became YouTube’s Chief Product Officer and succeeded Susan Wojcicki as CEO.
    Media outlets in India and the United States noted the significance of the honor for the global Indian diaspora, pointing to Mohan’s rise as part of a broader trend of Indian-origin executives leading major American technology companies.
    In profiling him, TIME wrote: “Mohan is the farmer; what he cultivates will be what we eat,” underscoring the scale of YouTube’s influence under his stewardship.
    The CEO of the Year distinction is part of TIME’s annual recognition of leaders shaping business, culture, and technology.

  • Indian American Neal Mohan set to head YouTube

    Indian American Neal Mohan set to head YouTube

    Susan Wojcicki steps down as CEO of YouTube

    NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the new YouTube CEO, as current head Susan Wojcicki has announced to step down after 25 years at the Google-owned company.

    Currently chief product officer, Mohan became part of Google, the parent company of YouTube, in 2008. He is a Stanford graduate and earlier worked with Microsoft.

    Mohan and Wojcicki have worked together for nearly 15 years. He became YouTube’s chief product officer in 2015.

    “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,” Wojcicki said in a blog post late on Thursday. She has agreed with Sundar Pichai to take on an advisory role across Google and Alphabet. “This will allow me to call on my different experiences over the years to offer counsel and guidance across Google and the portfolio of Alphabet companies,” she added.

    Wojcicki managed marketing, co-created Google Image Search, led Google’s first Video and Book search, as well as early parts of AdSense’s creation, worked on the YouTube and DoubleClick acquisitions, served as SVP of Ads, and for the last nine years, was the CEO of YouTube. “I took on each challenge that came my way because it had a mission that benefited so many people’s lives around the world: finding information, telling stories and supporting creators, artists, and small businesses,” she noted.

    “Mohan will be the SVP and new head of YouTube. I’ve spent nearly 15 years of my career working with Mohan, 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,” said Wojcicki.

    He has set up a top-notch product and UX team, played pivotal roles in the launch of some of the biggest products, including YouTube TV, YouTube Music and Premium and Shorts, and has led the Trust and Safety team.

    Mohan ensured that “YouTube lives up to its responsibility as a global platform”. “With all we’re doing across Shorts, streaming, and subscriptions, together with the promises of AI, YouTube’s most exciting opportunities are ahead, and Mohan is the right person to lead us,” said Wojcicki.
    (Source: IANS)

  • YouTube adds TikTok-style live rings to show when someone is streaming

    YouTube adds TikTok-style live rings to show when someone is streaming

    Google-owned video-streaming giant YouTube is adding a new indicator to show when a channel is live streaming on the platform. The feature would make it easier to find live content. The new update will display a ring with the word “Live” on it around a channel’s profile picture when they are live streaming. “Really focused on making it easier for users to find live streams on YouTube, so we are rolling out the Live ring feature on mobile. YouTube creators streaming live will now have a ring around the channel avatar and clicking on it will take you directly to the livestream,” Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer, YouTube, said in a statement. Currently, TikTok uses a pulsing ring effect on a channel’s profile picture to alert the user that it is live. Meanwhile, YouTube TV is finally getting support for picture-in-picture (PiP) on iPhone and iPad. Mohan said while he couldn’t share an exact date, picture-in-picture support on iOS should arrive “hopefully in the next few months” for YouTube TV users. The feature has been available to Android users for quite a while, but support for YouTube TV users on iOS is long overdue. YouTube TV is also working on expanding some other features that include surround sound, which was launched last year on a very limited subset of devices.

    Source: IANS