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Steve Chen was born
Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and was raised here for 15 years. -
Chen moved to the United States
He moved to Chicago when he was eight years old. -
Chen went to university
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for computer science. -
Hired at PayPal and dropped out
Chen left a few months before graduating because he was recruited for PayPal. -
Met Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley
They created a team and spent the next few years created a video sharing platform. -
YouTube.com was registered
The website still needed a few markups and changes. -
The first video published
The video was uploaded by Jawed Karim and was titled, "Me at the zoo". -
Google bought Youtube
Youtube was bought in the stock market from google for 1.64 billion dollars. -
In video ads
YouTube added mid-roll ads and ads before the start of videos. -
The first 1 million subcribed channel
The first youtube channel to hit 1 million subcribers was Fred Figglehorn. -
First Youtube video to hit 1 billion views
Gangnam Style was the first youtube video on the site to reach 1 billion views. -
YouTube music was created
Youtube's music streaming platform was made. -
YouTube removes dislikes
YouTube removed dislikes to keep people from feeling discouraged. -
YouTube stopped doing rewind
YouTube stopped doing Youtube rewind. -
The YouTuber has made the most money
Jimmy Donaldson (Mr.Beast) has made the most money. His net worth of $500 million.