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Neal Mohan Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Neal Mohan Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

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Age: 49 Years

Hometown: Lucknow

Wife: Hema Sareen Mohan

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Profession Business Executive
Famous for Being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube on 16 February 2023
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) in centimeters**- 173 cm**
in meters**- 1.73 m**
in feet & inches**- 5’ 8”**
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Age (as of 2022) 49 Years
Birthplace Lucknow, India
Nationality Indian-American check sources
India Today
Hometown Lucknow, India
School St. Francis' College in Hazratganj, Lucknow (Class 7 to 12) check sources
The Times of India
College/University • Stanford University in California
• Stanford Graduate School of Business in California, United States
Educational Qualification(s) Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering
Master of Business Administration (MBA) check sources
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Relationships & More
Marital Status Married
Family
Wife/Spouse Hema Sareen Mohan (social worker)
Children Together, Neal and Hema have three children; two sons and a daughter.
Parents Father- Dr Aditya Mohan
Mother- Dr Deepa Mohan
Siblings Brother(s)- 2
• Anuj Mohan (b. 1976 ; d.2006)
• Kapil Mohan (Senior Product Manager at Indeed)
Money Factor
Assets/Properties A $5.2 million home and an apartment near the Google complex in Mountain View, California. check sources
The Daily Mail
Net Worth (approx.) USD 150 million

Note: The net worth was for the financial year 2021-2022. It excludes the net worth of his wife and dependents (minors).

Some Lesser Known Facts About Meal Mohan

  • Neal Mohan is an Indian-American check sources India Today business executive who was appointed as the CEO of YouTube, a video-sharing platform, on 16 February 2023, after Susan Wojcicki stepped down from the post.

  • Mohan’s father, Aditya Mohan, was born in 1939 in Lucknow, India. Aditya, in his early 20s, migrated to the United States to pursue PhD program at Purdue University.

  • Neal spent his early childhood years in Michigan and in 1985, he and his family shifted to India.

    A childhood picture of Neal Mohan (standing extreme right) with his family

  • In 1985, when Neal and his family shifted to India from Michigan, Neal faced the problem of fluency in the Hindi language. In an interview, one of his schoolmates, Shantanu Kumar, stated that despite not knowing the language well, Neal gradually grasped it and said,

    We were in the same section (D) of class VII. He was a bright student but since he came from the US he didn’t know Hindi. However, in no time, he learned it and scored high marks in the subject in the class X exam.”

  • While working at DoubleClick, Mohan got married to Hema in New York.

    Wedding picture of Neal Mohan and Hema Sareen Mohan

  • While completing his schooling at St. Francis’ College in Lucknow, Neal was awarded the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship, which is an examination conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) organisation to recognize the academic scholars in Class 10 of Indian nationality residing in India and abroad.

    Neal Mohan in a group photo of Class 9 students at St Francis’ College in Lucknow

  • While studying at Stanford University, Neal served as a member of the Engineering Honour Society.

  • While completing his post-graduation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California, Neal was awarded the Arjay Miller Scholars Award, which is given to the top ten per cent of graduating students from the business school, who excel in their academic grades.

  • Neal, in August 1996, joined the company Accenture as a senior analyst. In 1997, Neal resigned from Accenture after serving there for a year and four months and joined a startup, Net Gravity, as a customer support representative. Net Gravity was taken over by DoubleClick Inc., an advertising company based in New York, in November 1997. Neal, at DoubleClick, joined as a director and headed the department of global client services.

  • While working at DoubleClick, Neal rose to the post of Vice President (VP) of business operations. In 2003, he shifted to Stanford in California to pursue an MBA degree at Stanford University. After completing his degree, Neal rejoined DoubleClick in July 2005 as a Senior Vice President (SVP) of Strategy and Product Management.

  • In May 2006, Neal’s younger brother Anuj Mohan suffered intense injuries while swimming at his apartment’s pool. On 1 June 2006, at the age of 30, Anuj succumbed to death after receiving treatment for nearly a month at the El Camino Hospital in California.

  • In 2007, DoubleClick was acquired by Google for a massive amount of $3.1 billion. At Google, Neal joined as a Senior Vice President (SVP) in March 2008 and headed the display and video advertisement department. While working at Google, he played an essential role in acquiring various start-ups like Invite Media, Admeld, and Teracent. On the other hand, Neal worked relentlessly in developing Google AdSense, which is an advertising program for website owners, who can earn money by publicising third-party Google ads on their sites.

  • Neal’s wife, Hema Sareen Mohan, a resident of New York, majorly works with various non-profit organisations. Apart from serving as a social worker, she worked with Joe Simitian, a resident of California and a Democratic Party candidate, who served as the Santa Clara County Supervisor consecutively for three terms, 2012, 2016, and 2020.

  • While working at Google in 2011, Neal was given the offer to join Twitter as a chief product officer. However, Google wanted to retain Neal, hence they paid him an enormous stock bonus of US$ 100 million. check sources Business Insider

  • In 2012, Neal joined as a board member at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a media company in New York, and served there till 2016.

  • Neal, from 2012 to 2015, served on the board of directors at the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Global, a New York based marketting company.

  • Neal joined YouTube in November 2015 as a chief product officer. While working at YouTube, which is a video-sharing platform owned by Google, Neal introduced various new features like YouTube Music, YouTube TV, YouTube Premium, and YouTube Shorts.

  • Since July 2017, Neal served as a board member at 23andMe, a California-based biotechnology company.

  • Neal served as a member of the management board at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2013 to 2017 in California.

  • Neal, in October 2020, joined as the Board of Directors at Stitch Fix, which provides personal styling services online and is based in the United States and United Kingdom.

  • Neal was appointed as the member of Council on Foreign Relations, a non-profit organization in New York in February 2022. 

  • Susan Wojcicki, who took the charge of YouTube’s CEO in 2014, resigned from the post on 16 February 2023 following which Neal Mohan was announced as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube.

Thank you, @SusanWojcicki . It's been amazing to work with you over the years. You've built YouTube into an extraordinary home for creators and viewers. I'm excited to continue this awesome and important mission. Looking forward to what lies ahead… https://t.co/Rg5jXv1NGb

— Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) February 16, 2023

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