Evan Thomas Spiegel was born on June 4,1990) is an American (naturalized French in 2018 and businessman, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in 2015.
11 Facts About Evan Spiegel
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Evan Spiegel grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where he was raised Episcopalian.
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Evan Spiegel was educated at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, and attended Stanford University.
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Evan Spiegel had an unpaid internship in sales at Red Bull.
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Later that year, Evan Spiegel worked with fellow Stanford classmates Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown to launch a prototype of this concept called "Picaboo", which they later renamed as Snapchat.
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The app's popularity grew significantly and in 2012, Evan Spiegel left Stanford to focus on Snapchat shortly before completing his degree.
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Evan Spiegel later completed his remaining credits and graduated in 2018.
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Evan Spiegel was encouraging underage drinking, an illegal activity that is common among college students.
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In 2017, Evan Spiegel became one of the youngest public company CEOs at age 26 when Snap began trading in March.
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Evan Spiegel is a member of the Berggruen Institute's 21st Century Council.
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In 2022, at the Otis College of Art and Design commencement, Evan Spiegel announced that he and Miranda Kerr would pay off the 2022 graduating class's student debt.