YouTube - WikipediaFounding and initial growth (2005–2006) From left to right: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, the founders of YouTube. YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. The trio were early employees of PayPal, which left them enriched after the company was bought by eBay.[13] Hurley had studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied comp
