Question 1

True or false: Evan Spiegel was born in 1990 in Los Angeles, California.

Accepted Answer

True. He was born on June 4, 1990, in Los Angeles and grew up in the Pacific Palisades area.

Question 2

True or false: Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat.

Accepted Answer

True. He co-founded Snapchat with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown, and has been CEO since its inception.

Question 3

True or false: Evan Spiegel is married to Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr.

Accepted Answer

False. He is married to Miranda Kerr, but she is an Australian model, not officially a 'supermodel' in most media classifications.

Question 4

True or false: Evan Spiegel dropped out of Stanford University to work on Snapchat full-time.

Accepted Answer

False. He actually graduated from Stanford with a degree in product design before focusing on Snapchat.

Question 5

True or false: Snapchat was originally called 'Picaboo' before its launch.

Accepted Answer

True. The app launched as 'Picaboo' in 2011 but was renamed Snapchat after a legal dispute over the name.

Question 6

True or false: Evan Spiegel turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook in 2013.

Accepted Answer

True. Mark Zuckerberg offered $3 billion in cash for Snapchat in 2013, but Spiegel refused, betting on the company's future.

Question 7

True or false: Evan Spiegel invented the concept of 'ephemeral messaging' entirely on his own.

Accepted Answer

False. The idea came from a class project with Reggie Brown, who later sued for credit; Spiegel didn't invent it alone.

Question 8

True or false: Evan Spiegel has a net worth of over $10 billion as of 2024.

Accepted Answer

False. While wealthy, his net worth is estimated around $2-3 billion, not over $10 billion, due to Snap's stock fluctuations.

Evan Spiegel Trivia Questions