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 223 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,912 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 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 581,226 followers as of August 2026 and 584 posts. He has been mentioned by 100 accounts, with 179 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Chad Hurley include 988 founders, 309 angel investors, 241 influencers and 46 VCs. Among his notable followers are Chris Dixon, Sam Altman, Nikita Bier, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen and Ansem.