Which Indian-American has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube?

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George Kurian

Ajay Banga

Shantanu Narayan

Neal Mohan

Correct Answer : Neal Mohan

Indian-American, Neal Mohan has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube.

* YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down from her role at the tech giant that started in her garage nearly 25 years ago. she said in a personal update on the video-sharing platform on Thursday (16th Feb 2023).

* Wojcicki, 54, will be replaced by her deputy Neal Mohan, a senior advertising and product executive who joined Google in 2008.

* Mohan, a Stanford graduate, was appointed chief product officer at YouTube in 2015.

* He focused on building YouTube Shorts, Music and subscription offerings in the role.

* He previously spent nearly six years at DoubleClick, a company Google acquired in 2008, and later served for about eight years as senior vice president of display and video advertising at Google.

* Prior to Google, he worked as a Senior Analyst at Accenture and later joined Microsoft.

* He is an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business..

Source : Business Today

V V Ramana Reddy, Published On : February 17, 2023

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Lhakpa Sherpa

Kami Rita Sherpa

Pasang Dawa Sherpa

None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Kami Rita Sherpa

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Chabahar Port, which was in the news recently, is located in which country?

Iran

UAE

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Pakistan

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Iran

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In which country is the World Hydrogen Summit 2024 being organized?

China

USA

Netherlands

South Korea

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Netherlands

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