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YouTube

YouTube was founded in 2005 in San Bruno, USA by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen. It is a Media & Entertainment company that was later acquired.

Online video sharing and social media platform.

Acquired Founded 2005 San Bruno USA Media & Entertainment
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Acquired by Google.

YouTube founders & co-founders

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Chad Hurley
Co-founder & CEO
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Jawed Karim
Co-founder
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Steve Chen
Co-founder & CTO

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced YouTube’s founders.

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What happened to YouTube’s founders and alumni

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People who worked at or founded YouTube and went on to start their own companies.

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The YouTube lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring.
C 5 founded
AVOS Systems 2011 MixBit 2013 GreenPark Sports 2018 EyeTell Green Park
J 1 founded
PlanetScale 2018
S 2 founded
Coda 2014 Superhuman 2015
S 4 founded
AVOS Systems 2011 USFIA 2013 MixBit 2013 Nom 2016
S 1 founded
PlanetScale 2018
V 1 founded
Nom 2016

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