Javed Karim is the co-founder of Y Ventures. Karim is also the founder of PayPal. He was a co-founder and advisor to YouTube. He graduated from Central High School and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He left the university before graduation to become one of PayPal's first employees, but continued his studies, earning a bachelor's degree in computer science in 2004. After starting the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, he enrolled in Stanford University's graduate program in computer science while serving as a YouTube advisor.