Cr. https://en.wikipedia.org 28/1/2021 1 Founding (2005) From left to right: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. 2 When they worked for PayPal.Prior to working for PayPal, Hurley studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [8] YouTube's initial headquarters was above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. 3 The domain name "YouTube.com" was activated on February 14, 2005 with video upload options being integrated on April 23, 2005 after being named "Tune In, Hook Up" the original idea of Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. The concept was an online dating service that ultimately failed but had an exceptional video and uploading platform. 4 Purchase by Google (2006) 5 On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock, which was completed on November 13. At that time it was Google's second-largest acquisition. Internationalization On June 19, 2007, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was in Paris to launch the new localization system. The interface of the website is available with localized versions in 89 countries, one territory (Hong Kong) and a worldwide version. 6 Countries with YouTube Localization 7