Karim, along with co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, sold the platform to Google for $1.65 billion the following year.Since the mid-2000s, YouTube has become a pop culture juggernaut.

Along with Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, the trio quickly transformed the internet, selling YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion just a year later. Today, YouTube sees over 20 million daily uploads ...

YouTube, which was launched 20 years ago this week with a simple, low-resolution video, has morphed into a media colossus.