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Evan Spiegel
Snap Inc. · Los Angeles, USA
Privileged Stanford kid who decided photos should disappear — and built a $25B company on temporary attention.
Contrarian productLong-term builderCamera-first
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Company
Snap Inc.
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2011Co-founded Snapchat at Stanford.
- 2013Turned down $3B from Facebook.
- 2017IPO at $24B.
- 2020Spectacles AR push reframed Snap as a camera company.
Struggles
Snap stock cratered post-IPO; rebuilt slowly with AR investment.
Family
Married Miranda Kerr; three sons.
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgEvan Spiegel on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comSnap Inc. — official site
- ↗news.google.comEvan Spiegel in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comSnap Inc. on Crunchbase
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Evan Spiegel, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Privileged Stanford kid who decided photos should disappear — and built a $25B company on temporary attention.
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