All of that money was made without Karim ever taking a 'salary, benefits or even a formal title' from YouTube, according to ...

From the beginning of YouTube, Jawed Karim didn’t want to be an employee ... Try again, YouTube.” For now, the video’s description is simply three short timestamps—Intro, The Cool Thing ...

YouTube might seem like an obvious idea now, but back in 2004 it was just the smallest wisp of a proto-idea floating around the brains of cofounders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.