YouTube turns 20 today, marking two decades since co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the platform's first-ever video, "Me at the Zoo." Along with Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, the trio quickly ...

PayPal colleagues Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim conceived YouTube in 2005, reportedly during a dinner party. The domain YouTube.com launched on Valentine's Day that year.

Karim, along with co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, sold the platform to Google for $1.65 billion the following year. Since the mid-2000s, YouTube has become a pop culture juggernaut.

Karim, along with co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, sold the platform to Google for $1.65 billion the following year. Since the mid-2000s, YouTube has become a pop culture juggernaut.

Karim, along with co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, sold the platform to Google for $1.65 billion the following year. Since the mid-2000s, YouTube has become a pop culture juggernaut.

It was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim who, with friends Chad Hurley and Steve Chen while working together at PayPal, cooked up the idea for the video-sharing service.

In an interview with The Chronicle, Hurley, who continues to serve as an adviser to YouTube, said he and fellow co-founder Steve Chen are already eyeing other Internet ventures, none of which he ...