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Bobby Murphy

Net worth $1.7B

Snapchat · United States

Born
Jul 19, 1988
Age
37
Source
Snapchat
Residence
Venice, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Bobby Murphy cofounded Snap Inc. with his Stanford University fraternity brother Evan Spiegel in 2011.
  • The company, known for its disappearing photo and video app Snapchat, went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2017.
  • Murphy serves as chief technology officer while Spiegel is CEO.
  • Murphy and Spiegel jointly own just over 20% of Snap but have special voting shares that give them control of the company.
  • The son of California state employees, one of whom emigrated from the Philippines, Murphy grew up in Berkeley
  • Before cofounding Snap, Murphy worked at Revel, a startup in San Francisco that was building management software for restaurants.

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