Awards & Recognition
★Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People (2014)
★Forbes second-youngest billionaire in the world (2015)
★Listed on Forbes Billionaires list (#1573 in 2025)
Notable Facts
→Co-founder and CTO of Snap Inc (Snapchat) since 2011
→Holds over 45% of Snapchat stock and 70% voting power with Evan Spiegel
→Net worth approximately $2 billion as of 2025
→Led engineering teams that developed AR Lenses, Spectacles, and core Snapchat infrastructure
→Known as notoriously private 'billion dollar monk' who avoids social media despite founding major platform
→Stanford graduate with degree in Mathematical and Computational Science
→Filipino-American born in Berkeley, California in 1988
→Real estate portfolio worth over $70 million in Los Angeles area