Bobby Murphy (businessman)

Bobby Murphy
Murphy in January 2013
Born	Robert Cornelius Go Murphy (1988-07-19) July 19, 1988 (age 28) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Residence	Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Education	The School of the Madeleine, Saint Mary's College High School
Alma mater	Stanford University, (B.S.)
Occupation	Entrepreneur, and engineer
Known for	Co-Founder of Snap Inc. (since 2016) Co-founder of Snapchat (since 2011)
Home town	Berkeley, California. U.S.
Salary	$250,000
Net worth	US$5.6 billion (March 2017)
Title	CTO of Snap Inc.
Parent(s)	Richard Cornelius Murphy Jr. (father) Rosie L. Go-Murphy (mother)

Robert Cornelius "Bobby" Murphy (born July 19, 1988) is an American Internet entrepreneur and engineer. He is the co-founder and the CTO of the American Multinational technology and social media company Snap Inc., which he created (as Snapchat Inc.) with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.

He was named as one of "100 Most Influential People in 2014" by Time magazine. In 2015, Murphy was first listed and became the second youngest billionaire in the world by Forbes.

Robert Cornelius Murphy, popularly known as Bobby Murphy, was born on July 19, 1988. in Berkeley, California. The son of Filipino mother Rosie L. Go-Murphy and American father Richard Cornelius M, Murphy Jr. His parents are both government employees in California. On his mother's side, he has Filipino and Chinese descent, and on his father's side, he has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. His mother grew up in the Philippines, and emigrated from the Philippines to the United States.

Murphy grew up in Berkeley, California. He was educated at School of the Madeleine, a private Catholic grade school in Berkeley. He received his secondary education at Saint Mary's College High School, also a private Catholic high school in Berkeley. He graduated in 2010 from Stanford University in Stanford, California, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical and Computational Science. He was also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity along with Evan Spiegel and former friend Reggie Brown.