Google bought YouTube in October 2006 when the platform had only 65 employees. At the time, YouTube was still in its infancy: three early employees at PayPal had launched it a year-and-half earlier out of an office above a California pizzeria.

When did Google buy YouTube?

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction.

Who owned YouTube before Google?

The men who founded YouTube, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley sold YouTube to Google for a sum of $1.65 billion (Rs 1.16 lakh crores approximately) in 2006.