Jawed Karim
Investor, YVentures (as of October 2026)
PayPal engineer who built core parts of its real-time anti-fraud system. Co-founded YouTube and uploaded its first video, "Me at the zoo," on April 23, 2005. Launched the venture fund YVentures in 2008 with Keith Rabois and Kevin Hartz; it invested in Airbnb, Palantir and Eventbrite.
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