Salar Kamangar

Salar Kamangar
Salar Kamangar
	Kamangar in 2008
Born	1977 (age 46–47); Tehran, 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 Tehran,^[3]^[4] holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with honors from Stanford University and was the 9th employee to join Google.^[5] He joined after graduating from Stanford in 1998.^[5]

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.^[5]^[6]^[7] He was replaced as CEO of YouTube on February 5, 2014. His successor at YouTube was Susan Wojcicki.^[8]

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

^ "Salar Kamangar - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More".
^ "Salar Kamangar, Iranian-American Leading YouTube". Payvand.com. 2010-11-15. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
^ "زندگینامه نخبه های ایرانی/ سالار کمانگر مدیر عامل گوگل و یوتیوب کیست ؟". 30 June 2024.
^ "Salar Kamangar - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Salar Kamangar, YouTube CEO, talks about the video site's future". The Mercury News. Digital First Media. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "YouTube Co-Founder Steps Down as CEO". Myfoxdfw.com. 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
^ "Salar Kamangar Parsa Community Foundation". Parsacf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
^ "Reuters". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

External links

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

[1] "Salar Kamangar - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More".

[Payvand.com-2] "Salar Kamangar, Iranian-American Leading YouTube". Payvand.com. 2010-11-15. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

[3] "زندگینامه نخبه های ایرانی/ سالار کمانگر مدیر عامل گوگل و یوتیوب کیست ؟". 30 June 2024.

[4] "Salar Kamangar - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More".

[tmn-5] "Salar Kamangar, YouTube CEO, talks about the video site's future". The Mercury News. Digital First Media. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

[6] "YouTube Co-Founder Steps Down as CEO". Myfoxdfw.com. 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

[7] "Salar Kamangar Parsa Community Foundation". Parsacf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-01-20.

[8] "Reuters". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

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