Chad Hurley

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Who is Chad Hurley?

Chad Meredith Hurley is an American co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube and MixBit. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter Now" list. In October 2006, he and Steve Chen sold YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google. Hurley worked in eBay's PayPal division—one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo— before starting YouTube with fellow PayPal colleagues Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Hurley was primarily responsible for the tagging and video sharing aspects of YouTube.

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Born
Jul 24, 1977
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Also known as
  • Chad Meredith Hurley
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Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Twin Valley High School
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Employment
  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YouTube
    (2005 - 2010/10)
  • Google
  • PayPal
Lived in
  • Pennsylvania

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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