Evan Spiegel
| Evan Spiegel | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Evan Thomas Spiegel[1] June 4, 1990[2] Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Occupation | CEO (tech industry) |
| Known for | Co-founder of Snapchat |
| Net worth |
 US$1.5 Billion (March 2015)[3] |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Evan Thomas Spiegel (born June 4, 1990) is an American Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of the mobile application Snapchat.
Early life and education
Evan was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Melissa Ann Thomas and John W. Spiegel, who are lawyers.[4] Spiegel grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. He was raised attending an Episcopal church.[5] He was educated at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, and attended Stanford University.[2] Spiegel took design classes at the Otis College of Art and Design while still in high school and at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena the summer before entering Stanford.[2] He also had an unpaid internship in sales at Red Bull.[2] While a student, he worked as a paid intern for a biomedical company, as a careers instructor in Cape Town, South Africa, and at Intuit on the TxtWeb project.[2]
Career
In 2012, he left Stanford to focus on Snapchat shortly before completing his degree.[2][6][7] While studying product design at Stanford[8] he proposed Snapchat as a class project.[9] Spiegel co-founded the mobile application Snapchat along with Robert Murphy and Reggie Brown. He is the CEO of Snapchat.[10]
He and Robert Murphy, his Kappa Sigma fraternity brother, had previously developed FutureFreshman.com, an online guide to the college applications process.
References
- ↑ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57613694-93/snapchats-evan-spiegel-saying-no-to-$3b-and-feeling-lucky/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Van Grove, Jennifer (November 26, 2013). "Snapchat's Evan Spiegel: Saying no to $3B, and feeling lucky". CNET.
- ↑ Konrad, Alex. "Snapchat Billionaires Protect Their Stakes By Settling With Ousted Cofounder Reggie Brown". Forbes. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ http://startupbook.co/2013/10/27/24-year-old-snapchat-co-founder-probably-threw-the-best-parties-ever-in-high-school/
- ↑ http://www.laweekly.com/2013-10-17/news/snapchat-evan-spiegel/?showFullText=true
- ↑ "Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel Lives With His Dad, Doesn't Plan To Leave". Huffington Post. Associated Press. November 2, 2013.
- ↑ Matthews, Natalie (November 14, 2013). "Finally, a Tech CEO With Style: A Closer Look at Snapchat's Evan Spiegel". Elle.
- ↑ "Evan Spiegel". CrunchBase. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Colao, J. J. (November 27, 2012). "Snapchat: The Biggest No-Revenue Mobile App Since Instagram". Forbes.
- ↑ MacMillan, Douglas (November 20, 2013). "Snapchat CEO: 70% of Users Are Women". Wall Street Journal.