10/03/2022
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction Inspired the Idea for YouTube
Jawed Karim was one of the three founders of YouTube, even though he later assumed an advisory role after leaving the company in 2005 to study at Stanford University. He has said that his idea for what became YouTube was inspired by two very different events that happened in 2004. One was Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction during her Super Bowl performance that year. The other, however, was a bit more sober: The devastating 2004 Indian earthquake and tsunami, which caused an estimated 227,000 deaths.