Jawed Karim

Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is an 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 303 million times as of January 18, 2024. 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.

Jawed Karim
Karim in August 2008
Born (1979-10-28) October 28, 1979
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Stanford University (MS)
OccupationSoftware engineer
Known for
YouTube information
Channel
Years active
  • 2005–2007
  • 2010 (videos)
GenreEducational
Subscribers4.37 million
Total views303 million
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: October 8, 2023
Websitewww.jawed.com
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