CHAD HURLEY: BIOGRAPHY, CAREER, YOUTUBE, OTHER INVESTMENTS - BIOGRAPHIES - 2024

Chad Hurley (1977) is an American businessman. He is currently known for being the CEO of AVOS Systems and one of the co-founders of YouTube, the company where he served as president for a number of years.

In addition, Hurley is one of the most influential men in the field of technology, which is why he has been honored with several nominations. In 2006, Business magazine declared that it was one of the fifty most important consultants in the digital world. Shortly thereafter, the Fortune Gazette awarded him a place among the most powerful people in business and GQ magazine published that he was the man of the year.

Chad Hurley. Source: Joi

Thanks to the idea he developed together with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, the Time newsletter recognized them as best creators, while the Entertainment Weekly portal gave them the award for best creation.

Therefore, YouTube was the first virtual page to receive this award. To this day, Hurley is considered an example to follow because he knew how to balance the fields of science, art and sports.

Biography

Chad Meredith Hurley was born on January 24, 1977 in Reading, a city located in Pennsylvania, being the second son of Joann and Don Hurley. His childhood was spent near Birdsboro, where from an early age he showed a great interest in art and science. For this reason, he was part of the Technology Students Association.

During high school he also belonged to the athletics group, where he developed as a sprinter. In this sport he won two state diplomas, the first in 1992 and the second in 1994. It is worth noting that the races were as a team.

In 1995 he graduated from Twin Valley High School. He instantly entered the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1999.

Personal and work life

After graduating, Hurley moved to California. In that state, he began working at PayPal, a company where he was a designer. His greatest achievement was the creation of the original bank logo.

Another fundamental event of this stage was that he met Jawed Karim and Steve Chen, who worked as engineers in the same financial industry. From the beginning of the 21st century, the three decided to join together with the purpose of developing a business.

On the other hand, in 2000 he married Kathy Clark, daughter of American businessman and scientist James Clark.

How YouTube came about

According to Hurley, the idea of ​​developing a virtual micro-business came in late 1999. The inspiration came one day when they were attending a dinner party. After it, they wanted to share the videos they had recorded, however, they were unable to attach them to the email due to the weight and size.

At the time they noticed that there were not many online services that allowed them to share entertainment tapes. This is how the project of creating a platform where recordings could be uploaded was born. At first the goal was to design a dating site where people could see and rate potential partners.

This plan was discarded because it restricted the material that would be published. That is why they chose to create a page for users to auction their products; but they perceived that they continued to limit planning. They finally proposed expanding the program.

Chad stated that the purpose was to build a community in which all individuals have the right to share their experiences, talents and thoughts. Following that ideal, YouTube emerged in 2005. This company was registered on February 15 and in April Karim released the first video.

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YouTube Director

In 2005, Hurley resigned from his position at PayPal to focus on YouTube design. After the platform was bought by Google, they offered him the company's address. As CEO, he focused on establishing legal policies, which prevented materials with inappropriate content from being published.

It made agreements with three production companies, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, CBS and Lions Gate Entertainment, to upload series and movies to the page. He presented the YouTube Music Discovery program, which organized the reproductions according to the preference of each person.

In 2010 he retired from the video company, although he continued to advise the next board of directors. In the following video he announced the purchase of Google:

Trajectory

Throughout his career, Hurley has devoted himself to various tasks. Not only has he been a designer and director, he has also assumed the role of advisor at Google Ventures. Firm that has the function of searching and analyzing technological projects that are innovative. The goal is to finance them.

In 2011 he teamed up again with Steve Chen to found the AVOS Systems company. The purpose of this association is to teach publishers and entrepreneurs how to create applications for telephones, as well as to indicate to them what are the guidelines for programming online spaces. They also acquired two services: Delicious and Tap11.

Tap11 was in charge of examining the social networks, while Delicious allowed to manage the links of the different internet pages. Chad also contributed to the creation of Wanpai, a program used to record short videos.

In 2013, he and Chen launched the Mixbit platform, which is an operating system for iOS and Android. With this processor, people can edit recordings that are 16 seconds long. The modifications that are made to the tapes do not cause the resolution to change. The purpose of the creators was to remove the barriers that make it difficult to forge and share varied content.

Other investments

Despite having studied art, Hurley stands out for knowing how to link the area of ​​the humanities with that of technology. It expresses that programming is like interpreting another reality; but it is characterized by expanding its interest towards the world of sports, which is why it invested in two leagues:

-He is a member of the American football club Los Angeles, which was founded in 2014.

-He is a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, a professional basketball team.

References

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