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Chad Meredith Hurley (born January 24, 1977) is an American webmaster and businessman who serves as the advisor and former chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube. He also co-founded MixBit, a since closed video sharing service. [1] In October 2006, he and Steve Chen sold YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google. [2]
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Chen worked for PayPal, Inc., as a programmer and later with its China operations, c. 1999–2005; Hurley was hired as PayPal's first graphic designer in 1999, and left in 2002 to become a freelance design consultant; the pair established the company that would become YouTube.com with Chen as chief technology officer and Hurley as chief executive off...
Like so many technology pioneers before them, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley had little idea that the video-sharing Web site they created in 2005, YouTube, would turn out to be such a revolutionary force and community-creating phenomenon. The two Californians and former co-workers became overnight millionaires a year later when YouTube was acquired by ...
BusinessWeek, April 10, 2006, p. 64. Daily Herald(Arlington Heights, IL), October 11, 2006, p. 1. Financial Times, October 9, 2006, p. 8. Forbes Global, October 16, 2006, p. 36. Fortune, September 4, 2006, p. 76. New York Times, September 30, 2006; October 15, 2006.
May 27, 2023 · Chad Hurley teamed up with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, two former PayPal coworkers, to realize their joint ambition in 2005. They created YouTube, a website intended to make it easier to share...
Nov 19, 2023 · There he met fellow co-founders Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. In 2005, the trio founded YouTube with Hurley leading design and acting as an advisor. Just a year later, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.
Chen (middle) with YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley at the 2007 All Things Digital conference. Chen was an employee at PayPal, where he first met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Chen was also an early employee at Facebook, although he left after several months to start YouTube. [8]
Chad Hurley is a noted American webmaster and businessman. He was the advisor and former chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube. He co-founded YouTube with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.
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May 7, 2024 · Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim teamed up to turn their idea into a reality. Chad had a design background, Steve was a software engineer, and Jawed brought technical expertise to the table. The trio began working on a platform that would eventually become YouTube.
