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Evan Spiegel
Evan Thomas Spiegel is an American businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in 2015. As of August 2025, he had a personal net worth of $2.5 billion according to Forbes.
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business · American businessman (born 1990) · computer scientist · entrepreneur · also Evan Spiegel, Evan Thomas Spiegel, Spiegel
Born 4 June 1990 · Q15439301
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debt. Controversy In 2014, emails sent by Spiegel during his time at Stanford were leaked to Gawker. The emails included misogynistic and homophobic comments and openly encouraged getting women heavily drunk in an attempt to convince them to have sex. The emails included comments about getting his friends laid by wasted
2026· 2 entries
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2022· 1 entry
At the Otis College of Art and Design commencement, Spiegel announced that he and Miranda Kerr would pay off the 2022 graduating class students' debt
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2021· 1 entry
As of 2021, Spiegel was ranked number 55 on the Forbes 400 with $13.8 billion in wealth.
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2018· 1 entry
And his son Hart received French citizenship through a clause in the naturalization laws that waives French residency requirements for applicants that contribute to the French culture or economy
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2017· 3 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."” Mostly False.
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In 2017, Spiegel became one of the youngest public company CEOs at age 26 when Snap began trading in March.
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Spiegel became one of the youngest public company CEOs at age 26 when Snap began trading in March
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2014· 1 entry
Emails sent by Spiegel during his time at Stanford were leaked to Gawker
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2012· 1 entry
Spiegel left Stanford to focus on Snapchat shortly before completing his degree
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1990· 2 entries
Born 1990-06-04.
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“debt. Controversy In 2014, emails sent by Spiegel during his time at Stanford were leaked to Gawker. The emails included misogynistic and homophobic comments and openly encouraged getting women heavily drunk in an attempt to convince them to have sex. The emails included comments about getting his friends laid by wasted”
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