Chad Hurley is an entrepreneur who co-founded YouTube, the video platform that Google acquired for $1.65 billion in stock in a deal announced in October 2006. Chad Hurley's Twitter Score is 231 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,008 (top 1%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Chad Hurley co-founded YouTube alongside Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, with Sequoia Capital having invested $11.5 million for a 30% stake since early 2005. He also co-founded AVOS, through which he and Steve Chen acquired and integrated Delicious from Yahoo in 2011, and co-founded MixBit, a video-sharing service released in August 2013 that ceased operations in August 2018. He was formerly affiliated with the PayPal Mafia, the network of early PayPal alumni who went on to found and fund influential technology companies.
Chad Hurley is currently the founder and CEO of EyeTell, as noted in his public profile. Chad Hurley's account has accumulated 581,505 followers as of July 2026 and 584 posts. He has been mentioned by 99 accounts, with 178 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Chad Hurley include 925 founders, 191 angel investors, 316 influencers and 66 VCs. Among his notable followers are Chris Dixon, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, Ansem and Nikita Bier.