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Youtube Beta Test
Youtube was officially founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in San Mateo, California above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant. -
First video on YouTube
The very first YouTube video titled,"Me at the zoo" staring co-founder Jawed Karim -
Million Views
The first video to reach one million views on YouTube was a Nike advertisment -
YouTube Officially Launched
The site's first official launch by which they were receiving 8 million views a day -
10 Million Views
YouTube was receiving around 10 million views a day with 65,000 videos being uploaded every day. -
Google Acquires YouTube
Google Inc. made a deal with YouTube that was worth $1.65 billion in Google stock in order to purchase it -
Two Billion Views
It was reported that YouTube was serving more than two billion videos a day, which was described as "nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major US television networks combined". -
New CEO
Chad Hurley steps down as Chief Executive Officer and appoints Salar Kamangar in his place -
Another New CEO
As of now, Susan Wojcicki is the current CEO of Youtube -
YouTube Red
YouTube Red, a service that offers ad-free streaming of all videos, as well as access to exclusive original content, gets released for the first time.
