Evan Spiegel is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind the popular multimedia messaging app Snapchat. Born on June 4, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, he studied at Stanford University, where he developed the idea for Snapchat with his classmates Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown. Under Spiegel's leadership, Snapchat gained immense popularity, particularly among younger users, for its unique features like disappearing messages and fun filters. In 2017, Snap Inc. went public, making it one of the most notable tech IPOs of the year.