Jawed Karim

Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim
	Karim in August 2008
Born	October 28, 1979 (age 44); Merseburg, Bezirk Halle, East Germany
Alma mater	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
Total views	303 million
Creator Awards
	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.

^ ^a ^b "About jawed". YouTube.
^ 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.

[YouTubeStatsjawed-1] "About jawed". YouTube.

[CNN-2] 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.

[MeAtTheZoo-3] 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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