Jawed Karim

German-American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur

Jawed Karim is a German-American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the co-founders 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 360 million times as of May 2025. During Karim's time working at PayPal, where he met fellow YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, he designed many of its core components, including its real-time anti-fraud system. Read more on

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Age:
47
Birthday:
28th October 1979
Gender:
Male
Star Sign:
Scorpio
Place of Birth:
Merseburg
Country:
Germany

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