Chad Hurley

American businessman, co-founder of YouTube
Person Human Q370299

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
January 24, 1977
Place of birth
Reading
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Family name
Hurley[11]
Given name
Chad[12]
Name in native language
Chad Meredith Hurley[15]
Native language
English[6]
Net worth
+355000000[16]
Social media followers
36k (10k–616k, n=12)[17][18][19][20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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FAST ID
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Film.ru person ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni profile ID
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IMDb ID
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Instagram username
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Munzinger person ID
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NNDB people ID
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Prabook ID
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Quora topic ID
Chad-Hurley
Sundance Institute Archive person ID
67481
TMDB person ID
3671369
Threads username
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Topic's main category
Category:Chad Hurley
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
Chad_Hurley
YouTube channel ID
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Summary

Chad Hurley's place of birth was Reading[1]. He was born on January 24, 1977[2]. He worked as an entrepreneur[3] and businessperson[4].

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Career and Affiliations

Employers include Google[7], a business[22], in United States[23], founded in 1998[24], headquartered in Mountain View[25] and PayPal[8], an e-commerce payment system[26], in United States[27], founded in 1998[28].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include YouTube[29], a video streaming service[30], in United States[31], founded in 2005[32], headquartered in San Bruno[33], written by Steve Chen[34].

FAQs

Where was Chad Hurley born?

Born in Reading[1].

What did Chad Hurley do for work?

Chad Hurley worked as entrepreneur[3] and businessperson[4].

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  10. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 11w ago · Lubinh123 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Chad Hurley - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009
    "Removed claim: Image: Chad Hurley - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg"
  2. 21w ago · P227human · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Net worth → 355,000,000 United States dollar
    Topic's main category → Category:Chad Hurley
    Sex or gender → male
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
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