Jawed Karim
Entrepreneur
Co-founder of YouTube who became the first ever person to upload a video via the popular video-sharing platform.
He designed and implemented many of PayPal's features, like their real-time anti-fraud system.
He uploaded the first video clip on YouTube, "Me at the zoo," on April 23, 2005.
He was born in East Germany, but his family braved the Berlin Wall crossing and made it into West Germany. His mother was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. He has a sister named Ilias.
His site allowed aspiring entertainers like Kevin Wu to find a platform to show their talents to the world.