Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Social Media Profile Meet the Founders What Is YouTube Successful Start Up A Google Company YouTube Users Getting Famous Podcast Popularity A Bigger Picture Building Communities Staying Safe Staying on Top A Guide to YouTube Glossary Websites Index
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE YouTube URL http www youtube com PURPOSE YouTube is a video sharing website Users can watch upload and comment on videos sk MAY 2005 YouTube is launched CURRENT CEO Susan Wojcicki NOVEMBER 2006 Google buys YouTube NUMBER OF USERS More than 1 billion You JULY 2010 Maximum length of videos increases to 15 minutes Tube DECEMBER 2011 YouTube introduces channels
Meet the Founders STEVE CHEN was born in Taiwan He moved to the United States at age 15 Later Chen attended college at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign After graduation he began working at the e payment website PayPal CHAD HURLEY is from Pennsylvania He earned a degree in fine art from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania After graduation Hurley also got a job at PayPal where he met Chen JAWED KARIM was born in Germany He moved to the United States around age 13 He went to college with Chen but dropped out to work at PayPal Chen Hurley and Karim left PayPal to start YouTube in 2005 Karim later left YouTube to continue in school Jawed Karim Chad Hurley Steve Chen
