Jawed Karim (born 1979) is the co-founder of YouTube's popular video sharing website. He was born in East Germany at that time. His father, Naimul Karim, is a Bangladeshi researcher working in 3M company. Many of PayPal's original components, including real-time internet fraud system, have been designed and implemented by Karim. His mother, Christine Karim, is a research assistant for life-saving chemistry at the University of Minnesota. [1] [2] Karim grew up in Germany. But his family moved to the United States in 1992.