Titled ‘Me at the zoo,’ it was posted on April 23, 2005, and featured a man standing in front of an elephant enclosure, casually discussing their long trunks. That man was Jawed Karim ...

The company was founded on today’s date, back in 2005, by three former PayPal employees: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. On April 23rd Karim uploaded “Me at the Zoo” which is considered to ...

The co-founders—Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim—struggled to attract users, so they created YouTube's first video themselves. The clip, titled "Me at the zoo," featured Karim at the ...