YouTube CEO Neal Mohan confirms Google paid him Rs 855 crore to stop him from joining Twitter
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath recently sat down with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on the latest episode of his podcast, People by WTF. Their conversation spanned a variety of subjects, including how social media influences political discourse and strategies for navigating YouTube’s algorithm effectively. During the episode, an interesting detail came to light: back in 2011, Google reportedly extended a staggering $100 million stock offer to Mohan in a bid to keep him from leaving for Twitter (now rebranded as X). At the time, Twitter was actively seeking experienced leadership to head its product division and had approached Mohan for the Chief Product Officer position.
