YouTube
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former PayPal employees. Google acquired YouTube in November 2006 for $1.65 billion, and it now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries, becoming the world's second-most-visited website.
Sources
Wikipedia - History of YouTube, Business Insider - Google's $1.65 Billion Acquisition of YouTube
Updated:
Jun 5, 2025
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, three former PayPal employees. Google acquired YouTube in November 2006 for $1.65 billion, and it now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries, becoming the world's second-most-visited website.
Sources
Wikipedia - History of YouTube, Business Insider - Google's $1.65 Billion Acquisition of YouTube
Updated:
Jun 5, 2025
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