Bobby Murphy (entrepreneur)

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Bobby Murphy

Robert "Bobby" Murphy (born April 1, 1989 in Berkeley , California ) is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Snap , the maker of the social media service Snapchat .

Private life

Bobby Murphy is the son of two government employees; his mother emigrated from the Philippines . He grew up in Berkeley , California and studied mathematics and scientific computing at Stanford University , where he also met the later co-founder of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel . Both are members of the Fraternity Kappa Sigma . Together they developed Future Freshman in 2010 , software for managing university applications. The project did not bring economic success; Murphy and Spiegel said they had five customers. In 2011 the two founded Snapchat.

Bobby Murphy now lives in Venice near Los Angeles .

capital

According to the Forbes 2015 list, Bobby Murphy's net worth is approximately $ 1.5 billion. This puts him at number 1,250 on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 11 Things You Didn't Know About Snapchat's Founders. on mashable.com . Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Evan Spiegel and Snapchat - the most expensive basket in the world. reinholdrapp.com. June 11, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b # 1250 Bobby Murphy on the Forbes 2015 list. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and co-founder of Snap Inc
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Berkeley , California , United States