Evan Spiegel facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Evan Spiegel
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Spiegel in 2013
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Evan Thomas Spiegel
June 4, 1990 Los Angeles, California
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| Education | Stanford University (BS) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. |
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| Children | 3 children, 1 stepchild |
Evan Thomas Spiegel (born June 4, 1990) is an American-French businessman. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind the popular app Snapchat. In 2015, he became the youngest billionaire in the world.
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Early Life and Education
Evan Thomas Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents, John W. Spiegel and Melissa Ann Thomas, were both lawyers. He grew up in Pacific Palisades, California.
Evan went to the Crossroads School in Santa Monica. He later attended Stanford University. Even in high school, he took design classes at the Otis College of Art and Design. He also had an unpaid internship at Red Bull. While at Stanford, he worked as an intern for a medical company and helped with a project at Intuit.
Creating Snapchat
In April 2011, Evan had an idea for a new app. It would let people send messages and photos that would disappear after a short time. He shared this idea as a project in a design class.
Later that year, Evan worked with his Stanford classmates, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown. They created a first version of the app called "Picaboo." They soon changed its name to Snapchat.
The app quickly became very popular. In 2012, Evan left Stanford to focus on Snapchat full-time. At the end of 2012, Snapchat had 1 million people using it every day. Evan later finished his studies and graduated from Stanford in 2018.
Giving Back and Family Life
In February 2017, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy promised to donate a lot of their company shares. They plan to give these shares over 15 to 20 years to a non-profit group. This group helps with arts, education, and young people. They started the Snap Foundation to help young people in Los Angeles get into creative jobs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they also donated $3 million to help those affected.
Evan Spiegel started dating Australian model Miranda Kerr in 2015. They got engaged in July 2016 and married in May 2017. They have three sons together. Evan also has a stepson from Miranda's earlier marriage. Before getting engaged, Evan bought a large house that used to belong to actor Harrison Ford.
In 2017, Evan became one of the youngest CEOs of a public company. He was only 26 years old when Snap Inc. started trading on the stock market.
Evan also learned to speak French. In 2018, he and his son Hart became French citizens. This was because Evan has helped French culture and economy.
Helping Others
Evan Spiegel has made several donations to help others. In 2017, he gave $20 million to Stockton Scholars. This program helps students in Stockton, California get scholarships for college.
In 2022, Evan and Miranda Kerr announced they would pay off the student loan debt for the entire graduating class of the Otis College of Art and Design. This was a huge gift to help young artists.
See also
In Spanish: Evan Spiegel para niños
