Jawed Karim
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Jawed Karim is a German and American software engineer and internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi descent. He is one of the co-founders of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The
Karim in 2008
Karim in September 2004
Steve Chen
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Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur who is a co-founder and ex-CTO of YouTube. After he co-founded AVOS Systems, Inc. and built MixBit, he joined Google Vent
Jawed Karim
…April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 411 million times as of August 2026. During Karim's time working at PayPal, where he met fellow YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, he designed many of its core components, including its real-time anti-fraud system. Jawed Karim was born on October 28, 1979, in…
Chen (middle) with YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley at the 2007 All Things Digital conference