Chad Hurley

Chad Hurley
Hurley in 2010
Born
Chad Meredith Hurley

(1977-01-24) January 24, 1977
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University of Pennsylvania (BA)
OccupationsWebmaster
Businessman
Known forCo-founder of YouTube and AVOS
SuccessorSalar Kamangar (as CEO of YouTube)
Spouse(s)
Kathy Clark
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(div. 2012)​

Elise Walden
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(m. 2020)​

Chad Meredith Hurley (born January 24, 1977) is an American webmaster and businessman who served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube from its founding until 2010, when he became an advisor to the company. He also co-founded MixBit, a since closed video sharing service. In October 2006, he and Steve Chen sold YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google. Hurley worked in eBay's PayPal division, where one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo, before co-founding YouTube with fellow PayPal employees Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Hurley was primarily responsible for the tagging and video-sharing aspects of YouTube.

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