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Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. is an American technology company, founded in September 2011, by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, based in Santa Monica, California. The company developed and maintains technological products and services, namely Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji. The company was named Snapchat Inc. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap Inc.…

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Founded
September 2011; 14 years ago (2011-09) (as Snapchat Inc.)
Founders
Evan Spiegel · Bobby Murphy · Reggie Brown
Industry
Consumer electronics · Augmented reality
Owner
Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy (95.8% voting power combined) · Fidelity Investments (14.6%)
Headquarters
3000 31st St Santa Monica, California 631 Market Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide

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Snap Inc.

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples70
Avg. degree1.98
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related to 2017 initial public offering · 28
Snap Inc. → Alibaba, As, Benchmark, Beyond, Big Board, February, In January, IPO, It, Its, Lightspeed Venture Partners, March, May, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, On January, On March, Silicon Valley, Snap
Products · 4
Snap Inc. → Bitmoji, Looksery, Snapchat, Spectacles
Founders · 3
Snap Inc. → Bobby Murphy, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown
Key people · 3
Snap Inc. → Bobby Murphy (CTO), Evan Spiegel (CEO), Michael Lynton (chairman)
related to External links · 3
Snap Inc. → GoogleReutersSEC, Official, Snap Inc
Industry · 2
Snap Inc. → Augmented reality, Consumer electronics
Owner · 2
Snap Inc. → Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy (95.8% voting power combined), Fidelity Investments (14.6%)
Subsidiaries · 2
Snap Inc. → Snap Limited, Specs Inc.
Website · 2
Snap Inc. → snap.com, web.snapchat.com
Area served · 1
Snap Inc. → Worldwide

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company snapchat snap inc 2017 spiegel app million billion 2016 brown spectacles september new ipo also public users february reported

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Snap Inc.Area servedWorldwide1.00infobox
Snap Inc.FormerlySnapchat Inc. (2011–2016)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.FoundedSeptember 2011; 14 years ago (2011-09) (as Snapchat Inc.)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.FoundersEvan Spiegel1.00infobox
Snap Inc.FoundersBobby Murphy1.00infobox
Snap Inc.FoundersReggie Brown1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Headquarters3000 31st St Santa Monica, California 631 Market Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Snap Inc.IndustryConsumer electronics1.00infobox
Snap Inc.IndustryAugmented reality1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Key peopleMichael Lynton (chairman)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Key peopleEvan Spiegel (CEO)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Key peopleBobby Murphy (CTO)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Net incomeUS$−460 million (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Number of employees5,261 (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Operating incomeUS$−532 million (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.OwnerEvan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy (95.8% voting power combined)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.OwnerFidelity Investments (14.6%)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.ProductsBitmoji1.00infobox
Snap Inc.ProductsSnapchat1.00infobox
Snap Inc.ProductsSpectacles1.00infobox
Snap Inc.ProductsLooksery1.00infobox
Snap Inc.RevenueUS$5.93 billion (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.SubsidiariesSnap Limited1.00infobox
Snap Inc.SubsidiariesSpecs Inc.1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Total assetsUS$7.68 billion (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Total equityUS$2.28 billion (2025)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Traded asNYSE: SNAP (Class A)1.00infobox
Snap Inc.TypePublic1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Websitesnap.com1.00infobox
Snap Inc.Websiteweb.snapchat.com1.00infobox

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