Everyone is familiar with the situation when there was no time to enjoy a full sleep, and in the morning puffy eyes and a sad look immediately made themselves felt. No makeup could hide fatigue better than Snapchat did. Thanks to Evan Spiegel for the cute “masks” and a simple application that brings people around the world together. About how such an idea came to him and the secrets of successful self-realization - read on.
Childhood
Spiegel Evan Thomas was born on June 4, 1990 in Los Angeles and grew up in the family of successful lawyers Melissa and John Spiegel. Parents graduated from the prestigious Yale and Harvard Universities, and earned millions of dollars in their lives. So, the couple did not spare anything for their children (in addition to Evan, they had two more daughters - Carolina and Lauren).
The kids did not know the word "no." Living in one of the most expensive areas of the Pacific Palisades, yachts, visiting tennis and golf clubs, own luxury cars is the life that all teenagers dream of. On his sixteenth birthday, the guy received a driver’s license and began to learn the parental gift - Cadillac Escalade, which also had a private place in the closed parking lot of the famous Southern California Edison company. Over time, the founder of Snapchat will call this phase a “soap bubble.”
So that his son would not forget about the complexity of life and the tricks of luck, his father annually took Evan Spiegel to the Christmas distribution of food to the poor and homeless. The family also often participated in the construction of homes for the poor in Mexico.
Student
The end of the 2000s brought discord and difficult times to the family. The couple decided to divorce after twenty years of marriage. This period was remembered by a burdensome paper routine and lawsuits regarding the division of considerable property.
In order not to get depressed and worried, the young man dives headlong into study and entertainment. Knowledge in graphic design and craving for art have found application.
Evan Spiegel enters the famous university, Stanford, for industrial design. None of his classmates will tell about his high scores, but everyone will describe the craving for fun and adventure in detail. Evan joins the Kappa Sigma student fraternity and becomes the main organizer of noisy parties. So, the personal growth of Evan Spiegel is slightly suspended. Even the entrepreneur himself notes that he then behaved "like a complete moron."
Moreover, in 2012 it was necessary to take the final tests, with which the protagonist of our story could not cope. The student was admitted to the graduation ceremony on condition that he would later come for the exams. This promise, "dvoechnik" did not fulfill.
The quest for life
For a long time, Evan Spiegel spent in search of himself. A young man, while studying at the university, completed a marketing practice at the famous company Red Bull. Later he decided to take an internship at a company that specialized in biomedicine.
Work at leading enterprises has become obsolete. SPIEGEL fired up teaching. The guy dropped everything and went to the Republic of South Africa to teach local students the basics of management.
But in the field of education, Evan did not stay long. In the process of these throwings, the future businessman realized that he was interested in computer technology.
Development and own business
Together with Stanford party-mates - Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown - Evan created his own application. There is an idea that it was Brown who dawned on the idea to create an interesting messenger with disappearing images. Then the logo was invented - a smiling ghost. They started developing the project in June 2011, and two months later Bobby and Evan kicked Brown out of the project. This situation has caused countless lawsuits, scandals and paperwork. Three years later, both sides found a compromise in the sum of compensation.
Internal conflicts did not prevent the company from developing rapidly. In addition to disappearing photo cards, it became possible to record short videos and share slides about the past day.
In 2013, developers received an offer to buy Snapchat from Mark Zuckerberg. He initially offered a price of 1 billion dollars, and later it rose to 3 billion. But the founder of Facebook heard only the refusal.
Official statistics show that users send each other about 360 million photos per day (which is more than Facebook and Instagram combined). A useful advertisement appears here, which is regulated according to the preferences of users. The appraisal value of Snapchat today is $ 22.2 billion (only Google, Facebook, and Alibaba have more).
Personal life
This rich and successful man was also distinguished by wonderful external parameters, high growth and taste of style - a prototype of an ideal life partner. Therefore, it is not surprising that the young man was popular among many world stars. He had a romantic relationship with singer Taylor Swift and actress Kate Upton.
But his second half for life, the entrepreneur chose Orlando Bloom's ex-wife. Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel show by example that there are no boundaries for love. So, the couple is not confused by the age gap of seven years.
At first, lovers did not advertise the relationship. But later the world was struck by the good news about the engagement of Evan Spiegel and Miranda.
The wedding procession itself took place in Brentwood in May 2017 and stood out with a kind of signature stamp “completely secret”. The ceremony was attended only by relatives and close friends of the newlyweds.
And do not talk about a wedding of convenience. According to the wedding contract, in the event of a divorce, Miranda will not receive anything. But a happy marriage will bring the lady everything she wants.
Founder of Snapchat now
Photos of Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel haunted anyone. Therefore, all admirers and fans immediately noticed a round tummy in the model. For Miranda, this is the second child, and for Evan - the first-born. What exactly can be said - Spiegel will become a wonderful father, because he knows not only about the charms, but also about the injustice of life, easily accepts all its manifestations and can pass on his experience to the heirs.
At the end of the previous year, the founder of Snapchat entered the ranking of the richest people on the planet Forbes magazine. And in the list of wealthy US took 248 place.
Values and Interests
Evan does not talk at conferences about the difficult path he has traveled to the stars. Rather, on the contrary, it is easily recognized that he was very lucky with the arrangement of the future - rich parents, excellent material and information base.
SPIEGEL is not limited only to his company and family. Expands the worldview and likes to look at things from a different angle:
- he is interested in the music industry;
- often attends major events;
- participates in the development of fashion;
- flies in a helicopter;
- He is fond of the basics of floristry.
The track record goes on. The main point is the desire to learn new things and expand the horizons of consciousness.
Interesting Facts
There are some naughty and funny stories from the life of Evan, which easily amaze readers. For example, a young billionaire has his favorite James Perse T-shirt for $ 60, with which he has not parted since studying at the university.
Speaking of students. While studying at Stanford, the student sent letters to friends, where he humiliated women and his teachers. When this revealed, Evan confirmed the veracity of the information and publicly apologized.
So, thanks to disappearing photos, Evan Spiegel not only became one of the richest men in the world, but also united many like-minded people in one application. It only remains to rejoice at the new masks in the “Snapchat” and be inspired by the determination of this person.