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India.com
a day ago
- Business
- India.com
Google Once Paid $100 Million To Retain This Indian-American Executive – Hint: Not Sundar Pichai
photoDetails english 2908373 Updated:May 30, 2025, 02:58 PM IST Google's $100 Million Bet to Keep Neal Mohan 1 / 7 In 2011, Google made headlines for offering an eye-popping 100 million dollars package to Neal Mohan, an Indian-American executive, to keep him from leaving the company. This massive offer was part of a fierce battle to retain one of their top product strategists, proving how much Google valued his talent and vision. The High-Stakes Talent War with Twitter 2 / 7 According to a 2011 TechCrunch report, Google's Back then, Neal Mohan was about to join Twitter (now X) as Chief Product Officer. Twitter's former board member David Rosenblatt, who had worked with Mohan before, wanted him badly. To stop this, Google offered Mohan 100 million dollars in restricted stock units, vesting over several years, to persuade him to stay. Meet Neal Mohan – The Rising Star 3 / 7 Neal Mohan is a Stanford electrical engineering graduate who started his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He later joined NetGravity, a startup that was acquired by DoubleClick. At DoubleClick, Mohan quickly rose to become Vice President of Business Operations, showing strong leadership in digital advertising. Mohan's Key Role at Google After Acquisition 4 / 7 When Google acquired DoubleClick for 3.1 billion dollars in 2007, Neal Mohan took on a leadership role within Google's advertising business. By 2011, he was a crucial figure in developing Google's ad products and shaping the future of YouTube's platform, becoming a driving force behind their success. Twitter's Attempt to Woo Sundar Pichai Too 5 / 7 Twitter's talent hunt wasn't limited to Mohan. The company also tried to recruit Sundar Pichai, who was leading Google's Chrome and Chrome OS teams. Google responded by offering Pichai a 50 million dollars stock grant to keep him from moving to Twitter, reflecting the fierce competition for tech leadership at the time. Where Are They Now? 6 / 7 Today, Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube, having taken over in 2023 after Susan Wojcicki's departure. Sundar Pichai became Google's CEO in 2015 and later Alphabet's CEO in 2019. Both men remain influential leaders, shaping the future of the tech world. Why Top Talent Is Worth Billions 7 / 7 This story highlights how tech giants like Google go to great lengths, including massive pay packages, to retain talented leaders. Executives like Mohan and Pichai are crucial to driving innovation and maintaining a company's competitive edge in a cutthroat industry.
India Today
2 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Google once paid $100 million to this Indian-American man to retain him
Google paid an Indian-American businessman a mammoth $100 million a decade ago to keep him from joining Twitter, now known as X. The revelation came on a recent episode of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's podcast when the host referenced the high-stakes talent war that once surrounded YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. #Google #IndiaNews #NealMohan #Youtube #Viral #Business
India.com
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
Meet woman, wife of Indian origin genius who was once paid Rs 8550000000 by Google for..., her name is..., not Sundar Pichai
A $100 million offer — that's what Google reportedly put on the table back in 2011 to keep Neal Mohan, an Indian-American businessman to stop him from joining Twitter, now called as X. The astonishing figure came up during a recent episode of People by WTF, the podcast hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. However, not many people know that YouTube CEO Neal Mohan's wife is a poet. According to the official website of Stanford University, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Sciences, Hema Sareen Mohan has worked for more than 20 years in the nonprofit and public sectors. For a decade, she worked in the California State Senate and County of Santa Clara. Her key policy areas are education and juvenile justice reform. While in the State Senate, Hema Sareen Mohan worked on the landmark state legislation to change the kindergarten entry age and create a new grade known as transitional kindergarten in California public schools. Hema's nonprofit experience includes seven years at the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based nonprofit policy and research organization, where she directed a training program for school-based police officers to use positive behavior support techniques with students and worked on an alternative-to-detention program for immigrants in deportation proceedings. In addition, Hema is a published poet and was most recently a finalist for the San Mateo County Poet Laureate. Speaking of her educational qualifications, Hema studied BA in political science from Hunter College and an MPA from Columbia University. Hema Sareen Mohan is married to Neal Mohan, who served as YouTube's Chief Product Officer from 2018 to 2023 before stepping into the role of CEO, succeeding Susan Wojcicki. A native New Yorker, she lives in the Bay Area with her husband and three children. She serves on the boards of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, The Phillips Brooks School, and the Child & Family Institute. Since 2023, Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube.
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Inside Google's $100 mn gamble to retain YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in 2011
Within Silicon Valley's high-stakes arena, retaining top talent often requires bold moves — and Google's $100 million bet on Neal Mohan is a textbook example. More than a decade ago, the tech giant shelled out a massive stock package to stop Mohan from jumping ship to rival X. The revelation surfaced recently on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's podcast, where Mohan appeared as a guest. Kamath recalled reading about the extraordinary counteroffer made by Google in 2011. 'I remember reading this thing about Google offering you $100 million not to quit. Not today, but 15 years ago, which was a lot of money,' Kamath said. Mohan did not deny the claim. Inside the $100 million deal At the time, Mohan was a central figure in Google's advertising and YouTube product strategy. Twitter, aiming to strengthen its product leadership, had approached Mohan for the position of Chief Product Officer. The offer was reportedly championed by David Rosenblatt, Mohan's former boss at DoubleClick and a board member at X. Sensing the risk of losing a valuable resource, Google swiftly responded with a counteroffer — restricted stock units worth over $100 million that would vest over several years. The offer was made even before an official one came through from X, according to a 2011 TechCrunch report. The move underscored Mohan's growing influence and the strategic importance Google placed on keeping him. Interestingly, Mohan was not the only Google executive X was eyeing. Sundar Pichai, then leading Chrome and Chrome OS, was also approached. Google responded with a $50 million stock grant to retain him. From startup roots to Silicon Valley leadership Neal Mohan's career trajectory reveals why Google was so determined to keep him. A Stanford University graduate in electrical engineering, Mohan started as a senior analyst at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1994. In 1997, he joined NetGravity, which was later acquired by DoubleClick. At DoubleClick, Mohan rose to become vice-president of business operations. He was instrumental in reshaping the company during tough times, and when Google acquired it in 2007 for $3.1 billion, Mohan transitioned into a senior role in Google's ad division. By 2011, he was already shaping YouTube's product roadmap and had become indispensable to Google's product development efforts. The $100 million retention deal turned out to be a prudent investment — his work proved pivotal in shaping YouTube's future. Rise of a quiet tech leader Mohan's impact continued to grow after the failed X move. In 2015, he was appointed Chief Product Officer at YouTube, and by 2023, he had succeeded Susan Wojcicki as CEO of the platform. Despite his low public profile, Mohan remains one of the most influential figures in tech. Beyond his executive role, Mohan is also an Advisory Council Member at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
YouTube tops Nielsen report for third consecutive month
(NewsNation) — For the third month in a row, YouTube has remained at the top of Nielsen's Media Distributor Gauge Report, beating out entertainment giants like Disney and Netflix. The April report shows that YouTube represented 12.4% of audiences' television-watching time. According to Nielsen, it was YouTube's largest share of TV to date. Disney held the second largest share all three months, the audience measurement company reported. It boasted 10.7% of total television in April, a 0.2-point gain over the month before. Paramount came in third with 8.9% of watch time in April. YouTube TV is hiking its monthly price, again. Here's what to know Deadline reported that YouTube took the lead in February with a record 11.6% of all TV viewing. It marked only the second time that YouTube finished on top since the Media Distributor Gauge Report was launched in late 2023. It was a particularly significant coup on YouTube's part since the report groups all Walt Disney Co. platforms — which include ESPN, ABC and streaming — together. Disney lost its edge in February, in part, because of the absence of NFL and college football playoffs, which boosted its numbers the month prior, Deadline reported. YouTube has for several years worked to build its viewership on TV screens, Variety reported. According to Deadline, the video platform's share of TV viewership has shot up by 53% in the span of just two years, from 7.9% in 2023 to February's 11.6%. YouTube ads will now play even when your video is paused Company CEO Neal Mohan also announced in February that for the first time in its 20-year history, the Google-owned media behemoth is getting a majority of its viewership via television sets instead of mobile devices and computer screens. Mohan wrote in his annual letter to the YouTube community that its content creators are 'becoming the startups of Hollywood.' 'Today's creators have moved from filming grainy videos of themselves on desktop computers to building studios and producing popular talk shows and feature-length films,' Mohan wrote. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
