Susan Wojcicki has announced that she is stepping back from her role as the head of YouTube to focus on her family, her health, and personal projects.
Wojcicki became CEO of YouTube nine years ago, taking over from Salar Kamangar.
She will be succeeded by Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, who first came to Google in 2007 with the acquisition of DoubleClick.
Wojcicki joined Google 25 years ago, working in a number of roles.
She managed, marketed and 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 and served as senior vice president of Ads.
The executive will stay on in an advisory role across Google and Alphabet to help ensure a smooth transition.
