| Salar Kamangar | |
| Predecessor: | Chad Hurley |
| Successor: | Susan Wojcicki |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran[1] [2] |
| Occupation: | Google executive Former CEO of YouTube |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University |
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.
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.
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] 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. 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.