Chad Hurley
Chad Hurley | |
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Hurley in 2010 | |
| Born | January 24, 1977 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Webmaster Businessman |
| Known for | Co-founder of YouTube and AVOS |
| Successor | Salar Kamangar (as CEO of YouTube) |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathy Clark (div. 2012)Elise Walden (m. 2020) |
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, where one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo,[3] before co-founding YouTube[4] with fellow PayPal employees Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.[5] Hurley was primarily responsible for the tagging and video-sharing aspects of YouTube.[6]
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- ^ "Google Has Acquired YouTube". techcrunch.com. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stone: Is YouTube the Napster of Video? – Newsweek Brad Stone – MSNBC.com Archived October 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine