Chad Hurley
Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Chad Meredith Hurley
Born: July 21, 1977, in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
Computer-related contributions
- Co-founder and former CEO of the video sharing website YouTube.
- In October 2006 he and Steve Chen sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion.
- Before YouTube, he worked in eBay's PayPal division where he helped design the PayPal logo.
Honors and awards
- Voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter Now" list (June 2006).
Quotes
"This is the birth of a new clip culture where the audience is in control more than ever."