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Jawed Karim, 2005
Jawed Karim, 2005

Jawed Karim (born 1979) is the co-founder of the popular video sharing website YouTube. Jawed Karim This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jawed Karim This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ...


Karim was born in Merseburg, East Germany in 1979 and moved to West Germany in 1982. His father, Naimul Karim, is a Bangladeshi researcher at 3M. His mother, Christine Karim, is a research assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Minnesota.[1] [2] Merseburg is a city in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ... GDR redirects here. ... 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002, is an American corporation with a worldwide presence. ... Washington Avenue Bridge at night The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, almost always abbreviated U of M, and sometimes referred to as The U by locals, is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. ...


Karim grew up in Germany, and his family moved to the United States in 1992. He graduated from Central High School (Saint Paul, Minnesota), and went on to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[3] He left campus prior to graduating to become an early employee at PayPal, but continued his coursework, earning his bachelor's degree in computer science in 2004. Central High School of St. ... The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ...


While working at PayPal, he met Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The three later founded the YouTube video sharing website in 2005.[4] After co-founding the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, Karim enrolled as a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University while acting as an advisor to YouTube.[5] When YouTube was acquired by Google, Karim's 137,443 shares of stock were valued at $64.6 million, while his cofounders each earned around $326 million. [6] Chad Hurley announces the Google acqusition of YouTube Chad Hurley is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the popular San Mateo, California-based video sharing website YouTube, one of the biggest providers of videos on the Internet. ... Steve Chen announcing the Google acquisition of YouTube Steve Chen (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born August 1978 in Taiwan) is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ...


In October 2006, Jawed gave a lecture about the history of YouTube at the University of Illinois' annual ACM Conference entitled YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth. In his lecture he mentioned Wikipedia as being an innovative social experiment and added that he created the Air Force One article in 2002. He returned again in May 2007, as the 136th Commencement Speaker at the University of Illinois. [7] [8] More recently, Jawed has launched a venture fund called Youniversity Ventures, with the goal of helping current and former university students to launch their business ideas. Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other uses, see Air Force One (disambiguation). ...


Trivia

Jawed uploaded YouTube's first video when he launched the website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen on April 23, 2005.[9] April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


References

  1. ^ With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again, The New York Times, October 12, 2006.
  2. ^ Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder, October 11, 2006.
  3. ^ YouTube: OurGuys. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science (2006-09-20).
  4. ^ Graham, Jefferson (2005-11-21). Video websites pop up, invite postings. USA Today.
  5. ^ YouTube Founders. YouTube.com.
  6. ^ Google SEC Filing 2/7/2007/
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  9. ^ jawed.com

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