TIME Names YouTube Chief Neal Mohan 2025 CEO of the Year

Overview

• TIME’s profile describes YouTube as shaping the world’s cultural diet and casts Mohan as the leader cultivating that influence.
• Mohan tells TIME the media business is undergoing rapid disruption that will leave behind companies that fail to adapt.
• He says his guiding principle on YouTube’s content policies is to give everyone a voice.
• Coverage highlights YouTube’s push into premium deals, including winning U.S. rights to sell NFL Sunday Ticket’s out-of-home package after DirecTV and striking agreements with major studios.
• NFL commissioner Roger Goodell praises Mohan as well prepared with a keen grasp of the media landscape and YouTube’s place in it.