Susan, who first rented her garage to Google founders, is set to take over at YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, who first met Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin when she rented her garage to their start-up - is moving over to run the YouTube subsidiary, according to blog reports today.
Susan Wojcicki: Mercury News pic
Wojcicki, 45, who then became one of Google’s top people running its money-making ad business - has long wanted to run her own shop and reportedly had told Google CEO Larry Page that she wanted to be a CEO, says Silicon Valley.com, citing blog reports. Wojcicki, it is said was becoming a target for recruitment by other companies.
Meanwhile, Business Insider is reporting that Salar Kamangar, a longtime Google executive who took over at YouTube in 2010, "has already been transitioning back to the mother ship," where he’s serving as a senior advisor to Page.
There’s been no official confirmation from Google on the reports. And no word so far on what it means for Shishir Mehrotra, a senior YouTube leader who’s been viewed as a potential replacement for Kamangar in the past.
The research firm eMarketer estimates YouTube sold $5.6 billion in ads last year, yielding almost $2 billon in revenue after paying back ad partners and video content creators.
Wojcicki,is one of Google’s most influential execs, called “the most important Googler you’ve never heard of” in a 2011 profile.