First person to upload a YouTube video, and one of the company's three founders, Jawed Karim previously worked for which internet company?
Jawed Karim Jawed Karim (born 28 October 1979) is a German-American (of Bangladeshi descent) Internet entrepreneur, who worked at PayPal, and co-founded YouTube. He is the first person to upload a video on it. The video he released was named 'Me at the zoo' and as of 30th September 2017 has reached over 42 million views. Many of the core components of PayPal, including its real-time anti-internet fraud system, were also designed and implemented by Karim.
Omar Hussein Omar Hussein (Arabic: عمر حسين‎ ‎ ; born May 21, 1986) is a comedian who found his stage on YouTube. He was the CEO of UTURN entertainment and then he left to continue his studies. His show Al-Tayer, based on local humor, has drawn hundreds of thousands of hits. He's part of a growing trend where comedians and citizen journalists are using social media as a platform to address the two-thirds of the Saudi population under 30. These online celebrities are pushing the barriers of society through their popular, but sometimes controversial talk shows.