One of the representatives of the American "golden youth" Evan Spiegel not only preserved the wealth of his parents, but also increased it several times. Today he is called the youngest billionaire in the world, and he made his capital on the desires of people to send each other photos and short videos.
Evan Spiegel is still young, but already very rich. Together with friends, he founded SnapInc, creating the Snapchat messenger. It was one of the most popular mobile apps of 2017.
Biography
Evan's life cannot be called the "American Dream", because since childhood he had everything, no matter what he wanted. His family lived in the upscale Los Angeles area, where the boy was born in 1990. His parents were lawyers and were able to amass decent capital. The family had three children, and my mother had to leave her job to be with them. The whole family lived in grand style: they had a yacht, their own golf club, the most expensive cars and the best chefs.
Parents did not spoil Evan - they wanted to give him a good education, so he went to different courses, got a driving license. And he also attended the distribution of meals for the poor - so the parents wanted to show their son that not everyone lives like him.
The idyll did not last long: when the parents decided to divorce, long litigation began. However, this did not unsettle Evan, because he was preparing to start an independent life and had to think about entering Stanford.
After studying, Spiegel searched for himself for a long time, until he realized that the future was in computer technology, and he needed to think in this direction. He got the knowledge he needed, and together with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown, they created a smartphone app with disappearing pictures - Picaboo. A smiling ghost became the logo.
Successful business
Soon the service became interesting to other businessmen, and Mark Zuckerberg decided to buy Snapchat, offering Evan a billion dollars. However, Spiegel refused. When the rate rose to $ 3 billion a few years later, he again refused to sell the business. He felt that the price of his brainchild would only grow, and he was not mistaken.
Today, the application is used by almost a hundred million people, the messenger sends ads, the revenue per year is more than sixty million dollars.
Personal life
Evan always understood that if not for the start that his parents provided him, he would not have achieved such success. He remembered those trips to distribute meals to the beggars and was well aware that not everyone was given equal conditions at birth. Therefore, I never boasted of my successes.
There was a moment back in Stanford when he spoke negatively about the girls, but later the businessman publicly apologized and said that his views had changed.
He had several romantic relationships that ended very quickly. And then he met Miranda Kerr, the ex-wife of Orlando Bloom, and this meeting turned out to be fateful.
Evan and Miranda's wedding took place in May 2017, in the presence of those closest to them. Now the couple already have two children, in addition to this, they are raising the son of Miranda Flynn.
