Iranian American Salar Kamangar to lead YouTube
One of the early members of Google team, Salar Kamangar, an Iranian American, has been assigned to lead Google's YouTube division. Another Iranian American, Omid Kordestani, was also part of Google's initial core team.
Salar Kamangar is Vice President of Google's Web Applications, including Gmail, Talk, Calendar, Reader, orkut, Blogger, Picasa, Video, Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Checkout. Previously, he was Vice President of Product Management for Google's advertising and monetisation products, including the AdWords programme, which he defined with a small engineering team. Today, AdWords is the foundation for Google's syndication on partner sites and serves as the engine that drives Google's revenue. Prior to that, Salar 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.
Salar earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences with honours from Stanford University.
