The Tim Ferriss Show

By Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

#170: Shay Carl — From Manual Laborer to 2.3 Billion YouTube Views

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Published June 26, 2016 9:47pm

Shay Carl (@shaycarl) got his first computer at age 27. He was a manual laborer for ages and uploaded his first YouTube video while on break from a granite counter top job. Flash forward to today: His SHAYTARDS channel now has roughly 2.3 BILLION views. Celebs like Steven Spielberg have appeared alongside Shay and his family. He co-founded Maker Studios, which sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. He has been married 13 years and has 5 kids. He has lost more than 100 pounds since his overweight peak. Shay came to San Francisco to spend 2 days with me, we did a bunch of weird...

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