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YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. Accessible worldwide, YouTube launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered

Headquarters 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, California, United States

Launched December 15, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-15)

Area served Worldwide (excluding blocked countries)

Owner Alphabet Inc.

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Area served Worldwide (excluding blocked countries)

Founder(s) Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim

Founded February 14, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-02-14)

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YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. The trio were early employees of PayPal, which left them enriched after the company was bought by eBay. Hurley had studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Our mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories.

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