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
2nd CEO of YouTube
In office
October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29) – February 5, 2014 (2014-02-05)
Preceded byChad Hurley
Succeeded bySusan Wojcicki
Personal details
Born1977 (age 42–43)
Tehran,[1] Iran
Alma materStanford University
OccupationGoogle executive
Former CEO of YouTube

Early childhood and education

Salar Kamangar (born in Tehran, 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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