YouTube was created with aim of making it simple for individuals to publish, distribute videos globally
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It was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim as an online video-sharing platform
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They were ex-workers of the American e-commerce firm PayPal
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They realised Flickr made sharing digital photos simpler, thus, came idea of video sharing platform
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On April 23, 2005, they launched the first video, “Me at the Zoo,” with Jawed Karim
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YouTube began six months later, in November 2005, and received US$11.5 million in same month
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Initially, YouTube services were pricey for users, who had to pay to share films
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Google bought YouTube for US$1.65 billion the same year
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