Chad Hurley
Chad Hurley (born January 24, 1977 in Birdsboro , Pennsylvania ) is an American entrepreneur . He became known as one of the founders of the video portal YouTube and MixBit , of which he was Chief Executive Officer . He is married to Kathy Clark, daughter of Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Netscape co- founder James Clark .
Hurley studied graphic design at Indiana University and then worked as a graphic designer for PayPal , where he designed the logo, which was used until early 2014, among other things.
In 2005, he founded YouTube with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim and sold it to Google in October 2006 for € 1.31 billion .
In addition to his work on YouTube, Hurley is a speaker (including at the 2007 World Economic Forum ) and supports film productions such as the film Thank You for Smoking .
In 2007, Hurley and Steve Chen of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences were named People of the Year at the 11th Webby Awards .
In August 2013, Chad Hurley and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen announced that they would start another joint project: the Mixbit video app. According to their own statements, Hurley and Chen want to stir up the mobile market with their Mixbit mobile app and compete with applications such as Vine or Instagram .
literature
- Chad Hurley , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/2011 from February 15, 2011, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Article in the FAZ about Hurley
- Background report on Hurley in the Financial Times Deutschland ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- German interview with Hurley from December 2007 on Welt Online
- The Clip Billionaire , Focus report, Feb. 2, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Cloud, John. " The YouTube Gurus ."
- ↑ a b Google's billionaire boys club gets a new member. marketwatch.com, October 10, 2006, accessed February 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Heise.de: David Bowie receives “Internet Oscar” , May 1, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hurley, Chad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American internet entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birdsboro , Pennsylvania |