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In 2005, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen founded YouTube, with Chen having the position of chief technology officer. In June 2006, Chen was named by Business 2.0 as one of "The 50 people who matter now" in business. [10] On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion. Chen received 625,366 shares of ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. American businessman and co-founder of YouTube (born 1977) Chad Hurley Hurley in 2010 Born (1977-01-24) January 24, 1977 (age 47) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. Alma mater Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BA) Occupation(s) Webmaster Businessman Known for Co-founder of YouTube and AVOS ...
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search.
While working at PayPal in 2002, he met Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Three years later, in 2005, they founded the video-sharing website YouTube. [15] Karim created the first account on YouTube, "jawed", on April 23, 2005 PDT (April 24, 2005 UTC), [16] and uploaded the website's first video, "Me at the zoo", the same day. [2] [3]
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries .
Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and former CEO who is sometimes referred to as the "don" of the PayPal Mafia. Serves as Chairman of the Palantir board and is a founder of Founders Fund. He also was the first outside investor in Facebook. Max Levchin, founder and chief technology officer at PayPal. Current CEO of Affirm.
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The official San Diego Zoo YouTube account left a now-pinned comment on the video in 2020, stating that they felt honored being featured in the first-ever YouTube video. [24] As of October 22, 2024, it is the most-liked comment on the platform, with 3.9 million likes.