Snap: Evan Spiegel

Podcast : How I Built This with Guy Raz (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this? ) Episode : Snap: Evan Spiegel Pub date : 2025-04-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization What started as a design project for Stanford student Evan Spiegel quickly flourished into one of the most-used social media platforms in the world: Snapchat. It only took two years for Mark Zuckerberg to make a multi-billion offer for the company. But Evan turned it down — convinced of Snap’s potential to disrupt human communication in an even bigger way. And while Evan’s path has been anything but smooth, today Snap is valued at more than $13 billion, with ambitions beyond its hero mobile app. This episode was produced by Alex Cheng with music composed by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by John Isabella with research help from Katherine Sypher. Our engineers were Patrick Murray and Gilly Moon. You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram , and email us at [email protected]. Sign up for Guy’s free newsletter at guyraz.com or on Substack. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Guy Raz | Wondery, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.