Jawed Karim
Keynote Speaker: Co-Founder of YouTube; Computer Scientist & Internet Entrepreneur
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Jawed Karim Biography
Jawed Karim is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi-German descent. He is the co-founder of YouTube, and the first person to upload a video to the site. This inaugural video, titled "Me at the Zoo," uploaded on April 23 2005, has been viewed over 83 million times as of January 2020. During Karim's time working at PayPal, where he met the fellow YouTube co-founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, he had designed many of the core components including its real-time anti-internet-fraud system.
Karim was born on October 28, 1979 in Merseburg, East Germany, to a Bangladeshi father and German mother. Karim moved with his family to Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1992. He graduated from Saint Paul Central High School and later attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science. He left campus prior to graduating to become an early employee at PayPal, but continued his coursework, earning his bachelor's degree in computer science. He subsequently earned a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University. From 2009-2010, he dated British writer Kia Abdullah. The two remain friends.
In 1998, Karim served an Internship at Silicon Graphics, Inc. where he worked on 3D voxel data management for very large data sets for volume rendering, including the data for the Visible Human Project. While working at PayPal, he met Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Three years later, in 2005, they founded the YouTube video sharing website. YouTube's first ever video was uploaded by Karim on 23 April 2005.
After co-founding the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, Karim enrolled as a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University while acting as an adviser to YouTube. When the site was introduced in February 2005, Karim agreed not to be an employee and simply be an informal adviser, and that he was focusing on his studies. As a result, he took a much lower share in the company compared to Hurley and Chen. Because of his smaller role in the company, Karim was mostly unknown to the public as the third founder until YouTube was acquired by Google in 2006. Despite his lower share in the company, the purchase was still large enough that he received 137,443 shares of stock, worth about $64 million based on Google's closing stock price at the time.
In October 2006, Karim gave a lecture about the history of YouTube at the University of Illinois annual ACM Conference entitled "YouTube From Concept to Hyper growth." Karim returned again to the University of Illinois in May 2007 as the 136th and youngest Commencement Speaker in the school's history.
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Jawed Karim is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Entrepreneurship, College and Technology. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jawed Karim for live events is $100,000 - $200,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Jawed Karim generally travels from Silicon Valley, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Max Levchin, Steve Chen and Matt Mullenweg. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jawed Karim for an upcoming event.
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How much does it cost to book Jawed Karim for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Jawed Karim, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fee for a live event is $100,000 - $200,000. For the most current speaking fee to hire Jawed Karim, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Jawed Karim speak about?
Jawed Karim is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Entrepreneurship, College, Technology, Computer Science and Social Media. -
Where does Jawed Karim travel from?
Jawed Karim generally travels from Silicon Valley, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Jawed Karim?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Jawed Karim for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Jawed Karim for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Jawed Karim or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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