Evan Spiegel
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Spiegel in 2013
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| Born |
Evan Thomas Spiegel June 4, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, (B.S.) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, and engineer |
| Known for | Co-founder of Snap Inc. |
| Salary | $1 |
| Net worth |
 US$6.2 billion (March 2017) |
| Title | CEO of Snap Inc. |
| Parent(s) | John W. Spiegel (father) Melissa Ann Thomas (mother) |
Evan Thomas Spiegel (born June 4, 1990) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the American multinational technology and social media company Snap Inc., which he created (as Snapchat Inc.) with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.
Evan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Melissa Ann Thomas and John W. Spiegel, both lawyers. Spiegel grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. He was raised Episcopalian. He was educated at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, and attended Stanford University.
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. He also had an unpaid internship in sales at Red Bull. 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. Spiegel was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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