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29 Oct, 2010

Hurley takes advisory role

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Hurley steps down as chief executive to take an advisory role. He is replaced by Salar Kamangar, former vice-president of web applications at Google and co-founder of Adwords.

Right now I am in the process of transitioning into the role of adviser, stepping down, still being involved in the company, but it’s given me an opportunity to work on new projects.

9 Oct, 2006

Google buys YouTube

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Google has recently purchased a majority (more than 50%) of YouTube for $1.65 billion. All 67 of YouTube’s employees kept their positions. Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, says:

I’m confident that with this partnership we will have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for serving media worldwide.

A Message From Chad and Steve

14 Feb, 2005

Founded

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YouTube is created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who met as employees at Paypal:

When we registered the YouTube domain on February 14, 2005, we set out to create a place where anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection could share a story with the world.