University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Stanford University (MS)
Occupation
Software engineer
Known for
Co-founding YouTube
uploading the first video on YouTube ("Me at the zoo")
YouTube information
Channel
jawed
Years active
2005–2007
2010 (videos)
Genre
Educational
Subscribers
4.37 million[1]
Total views
303 million[1]
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
2015
1,000,000 subscribers
2020
Last updated: October 8, 2023
Website
www.jawed.com
Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is a Bangladeshi-German origin American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 310 million times as of March 4, 2024[update].[2][3] During Karim's time working at PayPal, where he met fellow YouTube co-founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, he designed many of its core components, including its real-time anti-fraud system.
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^Asmelash, Leah (April 23, 2020). "The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today. Here it is". CNN. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^Karim, Jawed (April 23, 2005). "Me at the zoo". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
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