Shay Carl

Shay Carl
Shay Carl at VidCon 2014
Born	Shay Carl Butler (1980-03-05) March 5, 1980 (age 36) Logan, Utah, U.S.
Residence	Venice, Los Angeles, U.S.; Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Occupation	Vlogger, entrepreneur (Co-Founder of Maker Studios) Founder of Trixin Clothing,author
Years active	2007–present
Organization	Maker Studios
Spouse(s)	Colette "Katilette" Butler (m. 2003)
Website	shaycarl.com

Shay Carl Butler (born March 5, 1980), known professionally as Shay Carl, is an American vlogger, author and YouTube personality. Butler has three YouTube channels, two of which ("shaycarl" and "SHAYTARDS") have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vidal are currently developing a documentary called "Vlogumentary" on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly his viewers.Forbes called Butler one of the "most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube" and in 2011 The New York Times featured Butler's production company Maker Studios.

Shay Carl Butler was born on March 5, 1980, in Logan, Utah to Carl and Laurie Butler. Butler is the oldest of four children. His siblings Casey, Carlie, and Logan are all active in the YouTube community. Casey Butler(caseylavere) is married to Kayli Butler (HeyKayli). Carlie Wood (CarlieStylez and WhatsUpWoods) each have over 500,000 subscribers on their YouTube channels, while Logan Butler (LoganMckay55) has just under 400,000. At the age of four, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where his father attended school for electrical engineering. After his father graduated, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho. After graduating from high school, Butler served a full-time, two year mission to Barbados, Trinidad and Guyana for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He briefly attended Idaho State University, but dropped out to start working on his own. Prior to his activities on YouTube, Butler installed granite countertops for a living and worked as a school bus driver. He also worked as a radio DJ for Z103.