Chad Hurley
Chad Hurley | |
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Hurley in 2010 | |
| Born | January 24, 1977 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Webmaster Businessman |
| Known for | Co-founder of YouTube and AVOS |
| Successor | Salar Kamangar (as CEO of YouTube) |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathy Clark (div. 2012)Elise Walden (m. 2020) |
Chad Meredith Hurley (born January 24, 1977) is an American webmaster and businessman who serves as the advisor and former chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube. 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—one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo—before co-founding YouTube with fellow PayPal colleagues Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. Hurley was primarily responsible for the tagging and video-sharing aspects of YouTube.