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Evan Thomas Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, to lawyers John W. Spiegel and Melissa Ann Thomas. [4] He grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where he was raised Episcopalian. [5]
The company was named Snapchat Inc. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap Inc. on September 24, 2016, in order to include the Spectacles product under the company name. [12] Snap is co-owned by Tencent (which holds a 45.43% stake) and NBCUniversal , a division of Comcast (whose stake is undisclosed).
Robert Cornelius Murphy (born July 19, 1988) is an American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer.He is the co-founder and the CTO of the American multinational technology company Snap Inc., which he created (as Snapchat Inc.) with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.
Snapchat is primarily used for creating multimedia messages referred to as "snaps"; snaps can consist of a photo or a short video, and can be edited to include filters and effects, text captions, and drawings. [52] [53] Snaps can be directed privately to selected contacts, or to a semi-public "Story" or a public "Story" called "Our Story". [54]
Social networking company Facebook launches Poke, an iOS app for sending expiring text, photos, and videos. It is widely viewed as a direct competitor to Snapchat. [20] [21] [22] 2013: February 8: Funding: Snapchat raises a $13.5 million Series A led by Benchmark Capital's Mitch Lasky, with a post-money valuation between $60 million and $70 ...
Tesler was born on April 24, 1945, in the Bronx in New York City, to Jewish parents Isidore, an anesthesiologist, and Muriel (née Krechmer). [1] Tesler lived in the Bronx through his childhood and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1961.
Systrom was born on December 30, 1983, in Holliston, Massachusetts. [6] He is the son of Diane, a marketing executive at Zipcar, who also worked at Monster.com and Swapit during the dot-com bubble, [7] and Douglas Systrom, Vice President of Human Resources at TJX Companies.
Christopher Reaves Messina (born January 7, 1981) is an American blogger, product consultant and speaker who is the inventor of the hashtag as it is currently used on social media platforms.