SNAP CEO EVAN SPIEGEL: How I Took a College Idea & Became the World's Youngest Billionaire

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 business starts with an idea and sometimes it’s worth taking a risk and leaping into the unknown… 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: [email protected] 00:00 Coming Up 00:40 Jamie’s Intro 02:02 Behind the curtain of Snap 04:49 Who is Evan’s business idol? 07:38 Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg? 09:26 Being taught to debate as a kid 12:40 ‘I believe all founders should have therapy’ 14:28 Evan on not being allowed to watch television as a child 17:05 ‘I wasn’t an outsider, I was the ultimate insider’ 18:44 Evan on developing Snap in his dorm room 22:09 The moment Evan decided to drop out of Stanford 27:10 Risk equalling reward 28:27 Becoming a billionaire at age 25 30:45 Balancing entrepreneurship and fatherhood 34:00 Social media is about connection 40:29 ‘It’s taken 12 years to build Specs’ 42:32 ‘I want to make computing more human’ 45:42 Final 8 Questions THE CREDITS Producer: Helen Burke Assistant Producer: Issy Weeks-Hankins Video: Josh Bennett Senior Social Media Manager: Laura Coughlan Audio: Rafi Amsili Geovannetti Executive Producer: Ewan Newbigging-Lister Great Company is an original podcast from JamPot.