Evan Spiegel: The Story Behind the Fortune
Evan Spiegel co-founded Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, while a student at Stanford. He became one of the youngest self-made billionaires when the company went public in 2017.
Evan Spiegel co-founded Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, while a student at Stanford. He became one of the youngest self-made billionaires when the company went public in 2017.
Evan Spiegel built this fortune from the ground up — a self-made success in technology & social media.
He studied at Stanford University and is based in Los Angeles, California.
A few of the highlights on the public record: Co-founded Snapchat while at Stanford; Was among the youngest self-made billionaires at Snap's 2017 IPO; Serves as Snap's CEO.
The journey to get here is well documented. In 2011, co-founded the disappearing-photo app, initially called Picaboo, with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown while at Stanford. In 2013, reportedly rejected a multibillion-dollar acquisition offer from Facebook, choosing to stay independent. In 2017, took Snap public on the NYSE.
The fortune shows up across our lists, too: #8 on The Youngest Billionaires (Under 45) (out of 8 tracked).
On net worth alone, the closest companies are Bobby Murphy ($696.56M) and Mark Zuckerberg ($264.22B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Evan is worth an estimated $687.20M — #51 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with SNAP's share price.