# Evan Spiegel (slim)

> Evan Spiegel is co-founder and CEO. Snapchat Ads API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

Evan Spiegel co-founded Snap and has been its chief executive and a board member since May 2012. He proposed the ephemeral messaging app that became Snapchat as a Stanford product design class project in 2011. He holds a BS in product design engineering from Stanford and has sat on the board of KKR.

- X: https://x.com/evanspiegel

## What Evan builds

- [Snapchat Ads API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snapchat-ads.md), graded D, 50.5/100, in Advertising & campaign operations. Snap's Ads API creates and manages Snapchat campaigns, ad squads, ads, creatives and audiences and returns performance statistics. Agents call REST endpoints at adsapi.snapchat.com/v1 with a member's OAuth token, or read account data through the read-only Ads MCP server. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Robbie Holmes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robbie-holmes/), Director of Engineering, Business Experience
- [Robert Murphy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robert-murphy/), Co-founder and CTO

## Questions

### Who is Evan Spiegel?

Evan Spiegel co-founded Snap and has been its chief executive and a board member since May 2012. He proposed the ephemeral messaging app that became Snapchat as a Stanford product design class project in 2011. He holds a BS in product design engineering from Stanford and has sat on the board of KKR.

### What does Snap Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Snapchat Ads API from Snap Inc..

### How are Evan's tools graded?

Snapchat Ads API is graded D, 50.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwholmes
- https://investor.snap.com/governance/leadership-team/default.aspx
- https://x.com/evanspiegel
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/snap-inc-co
- https://x.com/Snap
- https://www.snap.com/
- https://businesshelp.snapchat.com/s/article/chat?language=en_GB
- https://developers.snap.com/marketing-api/home

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