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Jawed Karim

Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is a German and American software engineer and internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi descent. He is one of the co-founders of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 404 million times as of August 2026.…

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Early life and education

MerseburgEast GermanyBangladeshiBengali3M
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Known for
Co-founding YouTube · uploading the first video on YouTube ("Me at the zoo")
Genre
Educational
Occupation
Software engineer
Alma mater
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Stanford University (MS)
Born
(1979-10-28) October 28, 1979 (age 46) Merseburg, Bezirk Halle, East Germany (now Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Channels
jawed · jawedNOW

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Jawed Karim

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Jawed Karim

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related to Early life and education · 26
Jawed Karim → Bangladeshi, Bengali, Christine, East Germany, English, Facing, German, He, His, Illinois, In, Karim, Merseburg, Minnesota, Naimul Karim, Neuss, October, PayPal, Saint Paul, Saint Paul Central High
related to External links · 7
Jawed Karim → He, Jawed Karim's Personal WebsiteJawed, Jawed Karim's YouTube Profile, Karim's YouTube ProfileCache, October, The News-Gazette, Ventures
Years active · 3
Jawed Karim → 2005–2007, 2010 (videos), 2018–2019 (Jungle soundscape and Jawed's live stream)
Channels · 2
Jawed Karim → jawed, jawedNOW
Known for · 2
Jawed Karim → Co-founding YouTube, uploading the first video on YouTube ("Me at the zoo")
Subscribers · 2
Jawed Karim → 6.44 million, 84.1 thousand (jawedNOW)
Views · 2
Jawed Karim → 405 million, None (jawedNOW)
Alma mater · 1
Jawed Karim → University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Stanford University (MS)
Born · 1
Jawed Karim → (1979-10-28) October 28, 1979 (age 46) Merseburg, Bezirk Halle, East Germany (now Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Genre · 1
Jawed Karim → Educational

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Jawed KarimBorn(1979-10-28) October 28, 1979 (age 46) Merseburg, Bezirk Halle, East Germany (now Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)1.00infobox
Jawed KarimChannelsjawed1.00infobox
Jawed KarimChannelsjawedNOW1.00infobox
Jawed KarimGenreEducational1.00infobox
Jawed KarimKnown forCo-founding YouTube1.00infobox
Jawed KarimKnown foruploading the first video on YouTube ("Me at the zoo")1.00infobox
Jawed KarimOccupationSoftware engineer1.00infobox
Jawed KarimSubscribers6.44 million1.00infobox
Jawed KarimSubscribers84.1 thousand (jawedNOW)1.00infobox
Jawed KarimViews405 million1.00infobox
Jawed KarimViewsNone (jawedNOW)1.00infobox
Jawed KarimWebsitejawed.com1.00infobox
Jawed KarimYears active2005–20071.00infobox
Jawed KarimYears active2010 (videos)1.00infobox
Jawed KarimYears active2018–2019 (Jungle soundscape and Jawed's live stream)1.00infobox

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