SNAP CEO EVAN SPIEGEL: How I Took a College Idea & Became the World's Youngest Billionaire
About this episode
Evan Spiegel discusses his journey from a college idea to becoming the world's youngest billionaire through Snapchat.
Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snap, launched Snapchat in 2011 while he was still a student at Stanford University. Since then, he’s built one of the biggest social platforms in the world, used by more than 400 million people every day. Evan's idea has genuinely changed the way we communicate. So, I couldn’t wait to sit down with him for our first episode of Great Company Presents: Founders Friday mini-series. In our conversation, Evan shares: How the idea of Snapchat came about The moment he decided to drop out of Stanford The reality of becoming a billionaire at 25 How he balances fatherhood and entrepreneurship Why Specs is the future of computing Evan is proof that every successful business starts with an idea and sometimes the biggest rewards come from having the courage to take a risk... Evan Spiegel is Great Company. If you enjoyed the show, you can also follow us: Instagram- @greatcompanypodcast TikTok - @greatcompanypodcast Jamie - @jamielaing And if you've got thoughts, questions and comments, you can email us at: greatcompany@jampotproductions.co.uk THE CREDITS Producers: Helen Burke Assistant…
People in this episode
Host: Jamie Laing
Guest: Evan Spiegel
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- technology
- social media
- billionaires
- startups
Keywords
- Snapchat
- Evan Spiegel
- billionaire
- entrepreneurship
- Stanford
- social platforms
- communication
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Snap, Stanford University, JamPot Productions
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