Bobby Murphy is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat. A mathematical and computational science graduate from Stanford, Murphy has led the engineering vision behind one of the world's most influential social media platforms since 2011. Known as Snapchat's 'quiet genius,' he pioneered ephemeral messaging and has been instrumental in developing Snap's augmented reality innovations, including Spectacles AR glasses. Named to Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014, Murphy became one of the world's youngest billionaires and remains a driving force in Snap's transformation into a comprehensive AR and AI company.
Frank 'Reggie' Brown IV is the original co-founder of Snapchat who conceived the idea of disappearing photo messages in 2011 while a junior at Stanford University. He created the concept, named the app 'Picaboo,' designed the ghost logo, and served as CMO - before being locked out of accounts by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy months after founding. His 2013 lawsuit settled for $157.5 million, exceeding the Winklevoss-Facebook settlement. He has since lived almost entirely out of public view.
Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji. He built one of the few social platforms to meaningfully challenge Facebook by betting on ephemeral messaging, augmented reality, and the camera as the primary interface of human communication. At 26, he became the youngest CEO of a newly public major U.S. tech company. He turned down $3 billion from Mark Zuckerberg at 23. He holds dual American and French citizenship, is married to supermodel Miranda Kerr, and completed his Stanford degree six years after dropping out.