YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen leaves company but remains with Google

30 June 2009 @ 04:46 pm EDT

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen is leaving the video service, three years after being bought by Google , but is staying with the search giant, according to a report by All Things Digital.


Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen
Chad Hurley (L) and Steve Chen, co-founders of YouTube, which was acquired by Web search leader Google Inc. for $1.65 billion last year, attend a news conference in Paris June 19, 2007.
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Chen left his CTO position at YouTube "last fall" but Google says he has moved on to other engineering projects at the search giant.

YouTube hasn't officially named a replacement for the CTO position, and it appears the position will not be filled after YouTube's ops merged with the larger Google infrastructure

Chen is also reportedly involved with a new incubator-like venture founded by former BitTorrent exec Ashwin Navin.

Meanwhile, Chad Hurley, the other co-founder, remains as YouTube's CEO.

Below is a video of Chen and Hurley they uploaded on Oct. 9, 2006, when they sold their company to Google.

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