Salar Kamangar

Salar Kamangar
Kamangar in 2008
Born	1977 (age 46–47) Bukan,[1] Iran
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation(s)	Google executive Former CEO of YouTube
Predecessor	Chad Hurley
Successor	Susan Wojcicki

Salar Kamangar (Persian: سالار کمانگر; born 1977 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American senior executive at Google and former CEO of Google's YouTube brand.

Early childhood and education

Salar Kamangar, born in Bukan, holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with honors from Stanford University and was the 9th employee to join Google.^[2] He joined after graduating from Stanford in 1998.^[2]

Google

On October 29, 2010, it was announced that Salar "SK" Kamangar, who was in charge of day-to-day activities, would replace Chad Hurley as CEO of YouTube.^[2][3][4] He was replaced as CEO of YouTube on February 5, 2014. His successor at YouTube was Susan Wojcicki.^[5]

Before that, Kamangar created the company's first business plan and was responsible for its legal and finance functions.^{[citation needed]} From there, he became a founding member of Google's product team,^{[citation needed]} where he worked on consumer projects including the acquisition of DejaNews and the subsequent launch of Google Groups.

References

External links

• Stanford advisor page Archived 2021-08-06 at the Wayback Machine