Chad Meredith Hurley (born 1976) is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the popular video sharing website Youtube.
In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's
"50 People Who Matter Now" list
In October 2006 he and Steve Chen sold Youtube for $1.65 billion to Google.Hurley worked in eBay's PayPal division—one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo—before starting Youtube with fellow PayPal colleagues Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.
When he was about to graduate college, Hurley heard of then-new company PayPal that at the time was dedicated to enabling PDA users to send money among them selves.
Hurley sent his resume and received a job interview. After flying to California, he was asked to design a logo to show his skills. The result was PayPal's logo for many years.
Chad Hurley's share in the $1.65 billion sale of Youtube.com was reported to be $345.6 million.