Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim | ||||
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 Karim in August 2008 | ||||
| Born | October 28, 1979 | |||
| Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Stanford University (MS) | |||
| Occupation | Software engineer | |||
| Known for | Co-founder of YouTube Uploader of the first video on YouTube (Me at the zoo) | |||
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| Genre | Educational | |||
| Subscribers | 5.81 million | |||
| Total views | 378 million | |||
Last updated: Dec 26, 2025 | ||||
| Website | jawed.com | |||
Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is a German-Bangladeshi software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. His father is of Bangladeshi descent and his mother is of German descent.
Jawed Karim was a co-founder of YouTube (in February, 2005), as well as the first person to have uploaded a video to YouTube. Karim and the other co-founders of YouTube sold YouTube to Google in November, 2006.
In November, 2021, Karim opposed the choice to get rid of public dislike counts.
In April, 2025, Jawed celebrated the 20th anniversary of his first YouTube video, "Me at the zoo".
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jawed Karim.
- 1 2 "About jawed". YouTube.
- ↑ bio, See full. "YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim opposes demise of public dislike button". CNET. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
- ↑ "20 years ago today, a trip to the zoo started the wild world of YouTube!". Android Authority. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
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