Jawed Karim

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.

Jawed Karim
Karim in August 2008
Born	(1979-10-28) October 28, 1979 (age 45) Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany (now Germany)
Alma mater	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Stanford University (MS)
Occupation	Software engineer
Known for	Co-founder of YouTube Uploader of the first video on YouTube (Me at the zoo)
YouTube information
Channel	jawed
Years active	2005–2010
Genre	Educational
Subscribers	2.94 million[1]
Total views	235 million[1]
Creator Awards
Last updated: June 10, 2022
Website	jawed.com