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Jawed Karim

Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q866&amp;oldid=2561421251" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q95&amp;oldid=2564136400" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q457281&amp;oldid=2556811984" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q41506&amp;oldid=2564887095" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stanford University

Wikidata describes Jawed Karim as American entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube (born 1979).

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