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Date of birth | June 4, 1990 |
Nationality | American |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Education | Stanford University |
Occupation | CEO of Snap Inc. |
Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the parent company of the popular social media app Snapchat. Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University, where he studied product design. In 2011, he and fellow Stanford student Bobby Murphy co-founded Snapchat, which quickly became one of the most popular social media apps in the world.
In 2017, Snap Inc. went public, and Spiegel became one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the world. He has since been named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and has been featured in Forbes' list of the world's most powerful people.
Spiegel has also been involved in several philanthropic initiatives, including donating $1 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and $2 million to the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. He has also been a vocal advocate for privacy and data protection, and has spoken out against the use of facial recognition technology.