Unknown Facts About Youtube 1. YouTube was founded by #ChadHurley, #StevenChen, and #JawedKarim, former employees of #PayPal, an online #commerce #website. They registered the #domain name in February 2005. It was officially launched in December of that years. 2. In October 2006, #Google bought YouTube for $1.65 #billion in #stocks, just 18 months after YouTube’s creation. Karim received $66 million in Google stock, Chen received $310 #million, and Hurley received $334 million.