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Jawed Karim

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Jawed Karim
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Karim in August 2008
Born (1979-10-28) October 28, 1979 (age 46)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Stanford University (MS)
OccupationSoftware engineer
Known forCo-founder of YouTube
Uploader of the first video on YouTube (Me at the zoo)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active
  • 2005–2025
GenreEducational
Subscribers5.81 million[1]
Total views378 million[1]

Last updated: Dec 26, 2025
Websitejawed.com

Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is a German-Bangladeshi software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. He has a Bangladeshi descent from his paternal side and a German descent from his maternal side. He is a co-founder of YouTube. He is also the first person to upload a video to the site. On November 2021, Karim opposed public dislike counts.[2] On April 2025, Jawed celebrated his first video called "Me at the zoo" as 20th anniversary.[3]

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  1. 1 2 "About jawed". YouTube.
  2. bio, See full. "YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim opposes demise of public dislike button". CNET. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
  3. "20 years ago today, a trip to the zoo started the wild world of YouTube!". Android Authority. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-12-27.