Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in Spiegel and Melissa Ann Thomas. In April , Spiegel proposed an app with ephemeral messaging as a product design class project. In February , Spiegel and Murphy pledged to donate upwards of 13,, shares of Class A common stock over the next 15β20 years to an arts, education and youth non-profit. They have created the Snap Foundation which is a non-profit organization. Spiegel joined the board of directors of investment management company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in Spiegel began dating Australian model Miranda Kerr in A Francophile , Spiegel learned French.
In , he and his son Hart received French citizenship through a clause in the naturalization laws that waives French residency requirements for applicants that contribute to the French culture or economy. In , at the Otis College of Art and Design commencement, Spiegel announced that he and Miranda Kerr would pay off the graduating class student's debt. In , emails sent by Spiegel during his time at Stanford were leaked to Gawker.
The emails included misogynistic and homophobic comments and openly encouraged getting women heavily drunk in an attempt to convince them to have sex. The emails included comments about getting his friends laid by wasted "sororisluts", and shooting lasers at "fat girls". He was also encouraging underage drinking. Spiegel issued a statement responding to the controversy stating, "I'm obviously mortified and embarrassed that my idiotic emails during my fraternity days were made public.
I have no excuse. I'm sorry I wrote them at the time and I was jerk to have written them. They in no way reflect who I am today or my views towards women. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.
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