Salar Kamangar

Salar Kamangar (Persian: سالار کمانگر‎;[2] born 1977 in Tehran)[3][1] is an Iranian-American senior executive at Google and former CEO of Google's YouTube brand.[4]

Salar Kamangar
Kamangar in 2008
Born1977 (age 43–44)
Tehran,[1] Imperial State of Iran
Alma materStanford University
OccupationGoogle executive
Former CEO of YouTube
PredecessorChad Hurley
SuccessorSusan Wojcicki

Early childhood and education

Salar Kamangar (born in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran) holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with honors from Stanford University and was the 9th employee to join Google.[4] He joined after graduating from Stanford in 1998.[4]

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.[4][5][6] He was replaced as CEO of YouTube on February 5, 2014. His successor at YouTube is Susan Wojcicki.[7]

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

References
  1. "Salar Kamangar, Iranian-American Leading YouTube". Payvand.com. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  2. Persian pronunciation: [sɒːˌlɒːɾe kæmɒnˈɡæɾ]
  3. "PSA Elections 1997". Stanford.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  4. "Salar Kamangar, YouTube CEO, talks about the video site's future". The Mercury News. Digital First Media. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. "YouTube Co-Founder Steps Down as CEO". Myfoxdfw.com. 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  6. "Salar Kamangar Parsa Community Foundation". Parsacf.org. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  7. . Reuters http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-google-youtube-idINBREA141Y420140205. Retrieved 2013-02-05. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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