Chad Hurley Biography – Facts, Childhood, Family Life

Chad Meredith Hurley is an American media tycoon and entrepreneur who co-founded the popular video-sharing website 'YouTube' and served as its CEO. TheFamousPeople Lists Profession BornToday Quiz DiedToday Quotes Filmography TFP       Lists ThisDayInHistory Profession Filmography QuizTime BornToday Died Quotes Recent Profession Nationality Gender Birthday ZodiacSign FamousPeople» BusinessPeople   ChadHurleyBiography DIDWEMISSSOMEONE? CLICKHEREANDTELLUS WE'LLMAKESURETHEY'REHEREA.S.A.P PopularityIndex 213Investors#20 InternetEntrepreneurs#15 BusinessPeople#273 QuickFacts Birthday:January24,1977Age:44Years,44YearOldMalesSunSign:Aquarius AlsoKnownAs:ChadMeredithHurleyBornin:Reading,PennsylvaniaFamousas:Entrepreneur Investors InternetEntrepreneurs Family:Spouse/Ex-:KathyClark(m.2000)siblings:BrentHurleyU.S.State:PennsylvaniaMoreFactseducation:IndianaUniversityofPennsylvania,TwinValleySchoolDistrict ContinueReadingBelow RecommendedForYou MarkZuckerberg LeBronJames AlexisOhanian SteveHuffman RecommendedLists:RecommendedLists:AmericanCelebrities WhoisChadHurley? ChadMeredithHurleyisanAmericanmediatycoonandentrepreneurwhoco-foundedthepopularvideo-sharingwebsite‘YouTube’andservedasitsCEO.HewasalsotheCEOandoneoftheco-foundersofthevideo-sharingservice‘MixBit.’Hejoined‘eBay's‘PayPal’divisionaftercollegeandfocusedmainlyonitsuserinterface.Hewasinvolvedindesigningtheoriginallogoof‘PayPal’andlatercollaboratedwithfellowcolleaguesofthecompany,SteveChenandJawedKarim,tocreatethevideo-sharingwebsite‘YouTube’inFebruary2005.HurleybecamethefirstCEOof‘YouTube’andmainlylookedafterthetaggingandthevideo-sharingaspectsofthewebsite.Hewasranked28thon‘Business2.0’slistof"50PeopleWhoMatterNow"inJune2006.Afewmonthslater,‘Google’shelledoutUS$1.65billiontoacquire‘YouTube.’Thesitecurrentlyoperatesasasubsidiaryof‘Google.’HurleyremainedtheCEOof‘YouTube’tillOctober2010andlatercollaboratedwithSteveChentolaunchthevideo-sharingservice‘MixBit’inAugust2013.‘MixBit’ispresentlyknownas‘Zeen’andwasacquiredby‘BlueJeans’inAugust2018.Heisalsooneoftheco-ownersof‘MajorLeagueSoccer’s(MLS)‘LosAngelesFootballClub’andthe‘NationalBasketballAssociation’s(NBA)‘GoldenStateWarriors.’ 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Childhood&EarlyLifeChadMeredithHurleywasbornonJanuary24,1977,inReading,Pennsylvania,US,toDonandJoannHurley.Heisthesecondoftheirthreechildrenandtheireldestson.HehasanoldersisternamedHeatherandayoungerbrothernamedBrent.HurleywasraisednearBirdsboro,Pennsylvania.Hedevelopedaninterestinartsasachildanddisplayedremarkableartisticskillswhilegrowingup.Accordingtosources,heevensoldhissketchesandotherartworkduringhiselementary-schoolyearsandeventuallysetupshoponthesidewalkoutsidehishouse,illustratinghisentrepreneurialpropensityfromanearlyage.Healsodevelopedaninterestincomputersandelectronicmediainhishigh-schoolyears.Heattended‘TwinValleyHighSchool’inElverson,BerksCounty,Pennsylvania,andcompletedhisgraduationin1995.Whilethere,heremainedastandoutrunnerofthecross-countryprogramoftheschoolandwasitsmemberwhenitwontwoofits‘PIAAState’titlesin1992and1994.Duringhishigh-schooldays,Hurleyalsoremainedamemberofthecareerandtechnicalstudentorganizationnamedthe‘TechnologyStudentAssociation.’Hethenattendedthe‘IndianaUniversityofPennsylvania,’fromwhereheearnedhisBAdegreeinfineartin1999.ContinueReadingBelow YouMayLikePopularFreedomFightersOfIndiaCelebritiesWhoDiedBrokeTheSexiestMenOf2020,RankedWhoIsTheMostPopularBTSMember?RecommendedLists:RecommendedLists:AmericanInternetEnprepreneursAquariusMenCareerFollowinghiscollegegraduation,Hurleygotajobin‘eBay's‘PayPal’division.Hemainlyconcentratedontheuserinterfaceofthesiteandwasinvolvedindesigningtheoriginallogoof‘PayPal,’theAmericancompanythatrunsanonline-paymentssystemacrosstheglobe.Hurleythenjoinedhandswithtwootheremployeesofthecompany,SteveChenandJawedKarim,tocreatetheAmericanvideo-sharingwebsite‘YouTube’in2005.AccordingtoHurleyandChen,theconceptof‘YouTube’wasoriginallyinspiredbytheratingsite‘HotorNot.’AnotherstoryclaimsthatHurleyandChencameupwiththeconceptof‘YouTube’inearly2005,afterfacingdifficultyinsharingvideosofadinnerpartythatwasheldatChen'sapartmentinSanFrancisco.However,Karimsaidthattheinspirationofdeveloping‘YouTube’cameafterhecouldnoteasilyfindvideoclipsoftwoeventsthatoccurredin2004.TheeventsweretheIndianOceanearthquakeandtsunamiandthe‘SuperBowlXXXVIII’halftimeshowcontroversythatinvolvedJanetJackson.‘YouTube’sdomainnamewasactivatedonFebruary14,2005,andthewebsitewasdevelopedgraduallyintheensuingmonths.Itbeganasaventurecapital-fundedtechnologystart-upwithprimaryinvestmentsof$11.5millionfromAmericanventurecapitalfirm‘SequoiaCapital’and$8millionfrom‘ArtisCapitalManagement.’TheheadquartersofthecompanywereoriginallylocatedaboveapizzeriaandJapaneserestaurantinSanMateo,California.HurleybecamethefirstCEOof‘YouTube’onFebruary14,2005.Hismainresponsibilitywastolookafterthetaggingandthevideo-sharingaspectsofthewebsite.Hewasranked28thonmonthlymagazine‘Business2.0’slistof"50PeopleWhoMatterNow"inJune2006.Thesameyear,onOctober16,HurleyandChensold‘YouTube’to‘GoogleInc.’for$1.65billion.‘TheWallStreetJournal’reportedthatin‘Google'sFebruary7,2007closingstockpriceof$470.01,Hurley’ssharewas$345.6million.ThedealsawHurleyreceive694,087sharesof‘Google’directlyandanadditionalcountof41,232inatrust.Hurleywastheprimaryinvestoroftheproposed‘USF1Team’thatwasgrantedentryin‘FormulaOne’automobileracinginthe2010seasonbutdidnotfinallycompete.ThepersonneloftheteamweredismissedfromdutiesonMarch2thatyear,andtheteamwasclosedpermanently.InitsApril1,2010report,the‘CharlotteBusinessJournal’cited"seriouseconomicandfundingchallenges"asthereasonfortheshutdown.However,Hurley,teamprincipalKenAnderson,andsportingdirectorPeterWindsorrefrainedfrommakinganycommentonthesubject.HurleyheldthepositionoftheCEOof‘YouTube’tillOctober29,2010,andwassucceededbySalarKamangar.Hurley,however,mentionedthathewouldcontinuetoserveasanadvisorofthewebsite. Hethenlaunchedtheinternetcompany‘AVOSSystems,’alongwithChenandVijayKarunamurthy.Anannouncementstating‘AVOS’sacquisitionofthesocial-bookmarkingwebservice‘Delicious’from‘Yahoo!Inc.’wasmadeinApril2011,whilethetransitiontookplaceinJunethatyear.Meanwhile,inMaythatyear,‘AVOS’purchased‘Tap11,’asocialanalyticscompany.‘Delicious’wassoldto‘ScienceInc.’inMay2014.HurleyandChenlaunchedthevideo-sharingcompany‘MixBit’onAugust8,2013.Thecompany’swebsite,whichalloweduserstocreatedynamicsharedvideos,competedwith‘Instagram’and‘Vine.’‘AVOS’beganworkingonlyon‘MixBit’in2014.ChenmentionedthatitwasHurley’sideatoturn‘AVOS’into‘MixBit.’InAugust2018,‘Mixbit,’now‘Zeen,’wastakenoverby‘BlueJeans.’Hurleyalsoinvestedinthe‘MLS'team‘LosAngelesFootballClub’andinthe‘NBA'team‘GoldenStateWarriors.’Hurleyisaco-ownerofboththeteams.Family&PersonalLifeHemarriedKathyClarkin2000.KathyisthedaughterofnotedAmericanentrepreneurandcomputerscientistJamesHClark,whofoundednotableSiliconValleytechnologycompaniessuchas‘NetscapeCommunicationsCorporation’and‘SiliconGraphics,Inc.’ FollowChadHurleyOn: Twitter RecommendedLists:YouMayLikeCelebritiesWeWishWereTogetherAsCoupleTopShortMaleAthletesFamousBeautifulWomenWithGreenEyesFamousRoleModelsYouWouldLikeToMeet QuoteOfTheDay|Top100Quotes   SeetheeventsinlifeofChadHurleyinChronologicalOrder REPORTERROR ChadHurleyBioAsPDF REPORTERROR TranslateWikitoSpanish,French,Hindi,Portuguese HowToCite ArticleTitle -ChadHurleyBiography Author -Editors,TheFamousPeople.com Website -TheFamousPeople.com URL - https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/chad-hurley-43553.php PeopleAlsoViewed MarkZuckerberg (American) LeBronJames (American) AlexisOhanian (American) SteveHuffman (American)  SeanParker (American) EvanSpiegel (American) DustinMoskovitz (American) TylerWinklevoss (American)  AlsoListedIn 21stCentury|CelebrityNamesWithLetterC|MaleCelebrityNamesWithLetterC|21stCenturyBusinessPeople GroupingOfPeople|Recent ThisDayInHistory| SITEMAP| CookiePolicy| PRIVACYPOLICY| CONTACTUS| ABOUTUS| JOBS ©FamousPeopleAllRightsReserved