Salar Kamangar

Salar Kamangar
Salar Kamangar
	Kamangar in 2008
Born	1976 (age 49–50); Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Education	Stanford University (BS)
Occupation	Business executive
Known for	Former CEO of YouTube
Predecessor	Chad Hurley
Successor	Susan Wojcicki

Salar Kamangar (Persian: سالار کمانگر; born 1976^[3]) is an Iranian-born American senior executive at Google and former CEO of Google's YouTube brand.

Early childhood and education

Salar Kamangar, born in Tehran,^[4]^[5] holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with honors from Stanford University and was the 9th employee to join Google.^[6] He joined after graduating from Stanford in 1998.^[6]

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.^[6]^[7]^[8] He was replaced as CEO of YouTube on February 5, 2014. His successor at YouTube was Susan Wojcicki.^[9]

Before that, Kamangar created the company's first business plan and was responsible for its legal and finance functions.^[10]^[11] 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.
^ Seabrook, John (2012-01-08). "Streaming Dreams". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
^ "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.
^ DeBruicker, John (September 18, 2006). "No. 13 Google: The Search Ended Here". Bloomberg Businessweek.
^ Levy, Steven (2011). In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-41659-671-4.

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] Seabrook, John (2012-01-08). "Streaming Dreams". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2026-01-25.

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

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

[tmn-6] "Salar Kamangar, YouTube CEO, talks about the video site's future". The Mercury News. Digital First Media. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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

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

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

[10] DeBruicker, John (September 18, 2006). "No. 13 Google: The Search Ended Here". Bloomberg Businessweek.

[11] Levy, Steven (2011). In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-41659-671-4.

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