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YouTube CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Susan Wojcicki is the YouTube's CEO. YouTube has 2,000 employees, of which 22 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The YouTube executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • 54% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of YouTube management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 13% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Susan Wojcicki

CEO

Susan Wojcicki's LinkedIn

Susan Diane Wojcicki (born July 5, 1968) is an American business executive who is the CEO of YouTube. She has been in the tech industry for over 20 years.

Chad Hurley

Founder

Steve Chen

Founder

Eric Skaggs

Founder

Jawed Karim

Founder

Martin Pauer

Founder

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D., Mba

Founder & Chief Content Creator

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D., Mba's LinkedIn

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh MD MBA is a Founder & Chief Content Creator at YouTube, Master Advisor at MedSchoolCoach, and Consultant at Lecturio GmbH and is based in Carmichael, California. He has worked as Resident Physician - Intern at Dignity Health Medical Foundation. Mohammad studied at VIZ Media between 2014 and 2016, The Good Guys between 2011 and 2016, and Saint Mary's College of California between 2006 and 2010.

Neal Mohan

Chief Product Officer

Neal Mohan's LinkedIn

Neal Mohan is Chief Product Officer at YouTube. He is responsible for YouTube products and user experience on all platforms and devices globally. This includes YouTube’s core mobile applications, YouTube.com, Creator Studio for content producers, emerging technologies like VR, vertical experiences such as YouTube Kids and Music, and YouTube’s subscription service, YouTube Red.

Previously, Neal was Senior Vice President of Display and Video Ads at Google. In this role he was responsible for the company’s advertising offerings on YouTube, the Google Display Network, AdSense, AdMob, and the DoubleClick family of programmatic ad platform products. He focused on growing the overall digital media industry by building innovative solutions for millions of Google’s advertising and media partners around the world.

Neal has served on the Boards of Directors of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Mobile Marketing Association. He is a regular speaker at industry events and has been named one of Ad Age’s 10 Most Influential Players in Marketing and AdWeek’s 12 Stars of Ad Tech. Neal is also a member of the Management Board for the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the New America Foundation’s California Advisory Council.

Prior to joining Google, Neal was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Product Development at DoubleClick where he built the company’s strategic plan, led the product management team, and grew the business rapidly. He played a critical role in the sale of DoubleClick to Google, and subsequently led the integration. Previously, Neal held various technology and business leadership positions at DoubleClick and NetGravity where he helped pioneer the digital marketing industry. He has also served in strategy and consulting roles at Microsoft and Accenture.

Neal earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Danielle Tiedt

Chief Marketing Officer

Danielle Tiedt's LinkedIn

Danielle Tiedt joined Google in May of 2012 as YouTube’s Chief Marketing Officer, and since then has worked to showcase and grow the magic of the platform. Under her leadership, YouTube Marketing has focused on building mainstream recognition for YouTube stars and shows, building the growing tribe of global creators and endemic music artists across 76 countries, developing YouTube Music-now the number one music service for GenC, bringing the first ever YouTube Kids app to market, launching the YT Red subscription service, and creating a series of beautiful, fun, and crazy moments celebrating YouTube fans and the role they play in the culture we love. Prior to Google, Danielle worked in a variety of roles at Microsoft for over 15 years. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and now lives in San Francisco with her husband and young son. Outside of work, Danielle enjoys great music, great art, anything outdoors, and is a member of the board at Habitat for Humanity for Greater San Francisco.

Robert Kyncl

Chief Business Officer

Robert Kyncl's LinkedIn

Robert Kyncl is the Chief Business Officer at YouTube where he oversees global content and product partnerships as well as operations for the platform. This includes management of the YouTube Partner Program, which is the largest partner ecosystem to grow and support creators, artists and media companies in the world. Previously, Robert was Vice President of Content at Netflix, steering negotiations and landing an impressive portfolio of on-demand content, now live across various formats. Robert and his wife, Luz, run the Kyncl Family Foundation focused on supporting underserved communities.

Robert has been listed in Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report as one of their “disruptors”, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, Billboard’s Power 100 List and AdWeek’s 50 List of Vital Leaders in Tech, Media and Marketing. Robert holds a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in International Relations from SUNY New Paltz.

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YouTube founders

Name & TitleBio
Chad Hurley

Founder

Steve Chen

Founder

Eric Skaggs

Founder

Jawed Karim

Founder

Martin Pauer

Founder

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D., Mba

Founder & Chief Content Creator

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D., Mba's LinkedIn

Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh MD MBA is a Founder & Chief Content Creator at YouTube, Master Advisor at MedSchoolCoach, and Consultant at Lecturio GmbH and is based in Carmichael, California. He has worked as Resident Physician - Intern at Dignity Health Medical Foundation. Mohammad studied at VIZ Media between 2014 and 2016, The Good Guys between 2011 and 2016, and Saint Mary's College of California between 2006 and 2010.

YouTube board members

Name & TitleBio
Kevin Bouilleaux

Board Member

Nitin Patkar

Board Member

YouTube leadership demographics

YouTube gender distribution in management team

  • The YouTube executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • YouTube is 37% female and 63% male company-wide.
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Male
55%
Company-wide: 63%
Female
Female
45%
Company-wide: 37%

YouTube executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among YouTube executive officers is White.
  • 54% of the management team is White.
  • 17% of YouTube's management is Asian.
  • 13% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 57% of employees are White.
  • 18% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of employees are Black or African American.
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