Evan Spiegel
American business magnate
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2022 | At the Otis College of Art and Design commencement, announced that he and Miranda Kerr would pay off the graduating class's student debt. |
November 2022 | Joined the board of directors for Gagosian Gallery. |
2021 | Spiegel joined the board of directors of investment management company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. |
2018 | Received French citizenship along with his son Hart through a clause in naturalization laws. |
2018 | Donated $20 million to Stockton Scholars, a scholarship program in Stockton, California. |
2018 | Spiegel completed his remaining credits and graduated from Stanford University. |
May 27 2017 | Spiegel married Miranda Kerr in a private ceremony in Los Angeles. |
March 2017 | Became one of the youngest public company CEOs at age 26 when Snap began trading. |
February 2017 | Spiegel and Murphy pledged to donate over 13 million shares of Class A common stock to an arts, education, and youth non-profit, creating the Snap Foundation. |
January 2017 | The Wall Street Journal reported that Spiegel and Murphy would hold over 70% of Snap Inc.'s voting power and own around 45% of the total stock. |
July 20 2016 | Spiegel became engaged to Miranda Kerr. |
2015 | Evan Spiegel began dating Australian model Miranda Kerr. |
2014 | Controversial emails from his Stanford days were leaked to Gawker, containing misogynistic and homophobic comments. |
2012 | Spiegel left Stanford to focus on Snapchat shortly before completing his degree. By the end of the year, Snapchat reached 1 million daily active users. |
2011 | Spiegel worked with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown to launch a prototype of Snapchat, initially called 'Picaboo'. |
April 2011 | Evan Spiegel proposed an app with ephemeral messaging as a product design class project at Stanford University. |
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