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Chad Hurley

Chad Hurley
Hurley at Streamy Awards
Born
Chad Meredith Hurley

(1977-01-24) January 24, 1977 (age 47)
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Occupation(s)Webmaster
Businessman
Known forCo-founder of YouTube and AVOS
SuccessorSalar Kamangar (as CEO of YouTube)

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] Hurley worked in eBay's PayPal division—one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo[3]—before co-founding YouTube[4] with fellow PayPal colleagues Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.[5] Hurley was primarily responsible for the tagging and video-sharing aspects of YouTube.[6]

  1. ^ "YouTube Founders Launch New Video-Sharing App MixBit". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Google Has Acquired YouTube". techcrunch.com. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  3. ^ "Web 2.0 Summit – November 7–9, 2006 – San Francisco, CA: Speaker". Web2con.com (archived copy). Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Delaney, Kevin J. (October 10, 2006). "Google Looks To Boost Ads With YouTube". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  5. ^ Graham, Jefferson (November 21, 2005). "Video websites pop up, invite postings". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  6. ^ Stone: Is YouTube the Napster of Video? – Newsweek Brad Stone – MSNBC.com Archived October 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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