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Javed Karim

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Javed Karim

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Jawed Karim (Bengali: জাওয়েদ করিম, Romanized: Jawed Karim, October 28, 1979 -) is an American software engineer of Bangladeshi and German descent. He is one of the founders of the video-sharing website YouTube and the first person to upload videos to the website. Karim was also one of the earliest engineers at PayPal, designing and implementing many core parts of PayPal, including the real-time anti-fraud system.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
United States
Born
1979-10-28
Wikidata
Q76694
Occupations computer scientistentrepreneurtelevision producersoftware engineer
Aliases JawedJawed KarimJaved Karim

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