In May of , the beta version of YouTube was up on the net, and within a month, the very first video was posted. It was titled, "Me at the Zoo," and was a second long clip posted by Karim himself. The video featured footage of Karim at the San Diego Zoo, talking about elephants and their trunks. By September of , YouTube had managed to get its first video with one million views. This was a Nike ad that went and gone viral. Nike was also one of the first major companies to embrace YouTube's promotional potential.
Roelof Botha who also formerly worked for Paypal joined YouTube's board of directors. At Paypal, he primarily focused on the user experience UX of their interface. Steven Shih Chen was born in in Taipei, Taiwan. His family emigrated to the U. Steve left the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy prior to graduating. He later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated in with a degree in computer science.
He would later join Paypal. Jawed Karim was born in in Merseburg, East Germany. His father was Bangladeshi, and his mother was German. After experiencing xenophobia in Germany, his father moved the family to Saint Paul, Minnesota, in Jawed would later study computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but left prior to graduating. After dropping out, Jawed would become an early employee of the fledgling Paypal. While at Paypal, he continued his coursework and eventually graduated with a degree in computer science, and went on to earn a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.
In February, the domain name was registered in the headquarters above a pizzeria in California. In April, the first-ever video was uploaded by Karim named "Me at the Zoo". After a Beta testing period, the site launched in December , and a Nike commercial became the first video to receive one million views," according to Engadget. By February of , YouTube's now-famous logo since changed as of was registered as a trademark, and the website domain name was also purchased.
The original idea for YouTube was for users to be able to upload videos, introducing themselves, and saying what they were interested in. This didn't really take off, and the co-founders soon pivoted to a more general video-sharing site. For more information on the categories of personal information we collect and the purposes we use them for, please view our Notice at Collection.
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Chen recently told Business Insider that this story was later concocted with the help of an outside PR firm, to replace YouTube's sordid dating origins. Source: USA Today. You can watch the full Nike ad here. Source: New York Times , Telegraph. Source: New York Times. Source: Business Insider. Source: The Sun. Source: Mashable.
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Paige Leskin. YouTube has more than 2 billion monthly users visiting the video-sharing platform for their favorite vlogs, music videos, sports highlights, and more. It's been 15 years since YouTube's website launched to the public in May YouTube was founded earlier that year by three early PayPal employees.
Since then, it's become the most popular free video-sharing platform in the world. Take a look at the history of YouTube, from its start as a failed video-dating website to a powerhouse platform that's launched a new generation of money-making YouTubers and influencers. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Late Three early employees of e-payment startup PayPal — Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim — start working on an idea for a website for users to upload video-dating profiles.
They work out of Hurley's garage in Menlo Park, California.
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