Jawed Karim

Founder

Co-founder of YouTube. Former PayPal engineer who designed their real-time anti-fraud system. Created the first YouTube account and uploaded the first video ('Me at the zoo') in April 2005. Served as adviser while pursuing his Stanford CS master's degree.

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YouTube $12M
Acquired Founder

Online video-sharing platform that enables users to upload, share, and discover video content. Founded by three former PayPal employees, it became the internet's premier destination for user-generated video before being acquired by Google in 2006.

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