Bobby Murphy Bio | Wiki
Bobby Murphy is a Filipino-American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer. He serves as the co-founder and the CTO of the American multinational technology and social media company Snap Inc., which he created with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.
Bobby was named as one of the “100 Most Influential People in 2014” by Time. In 2015, he was first listed and became the second-youngest billionaire in the world by Forbes. He was recruited by Spiegel after they finished working on a failed startup called Future Freshman, a website that helped high school kids get advice when applying to colleges. In 2011, Bobby co-founded a disappearing-image messaging app called Picaboo. The name was later changed to Snapchat.
Bobby Murphy Age
Bobby was born on July 19, 1988, in Berkeley, California, United States. He is 34 years old.
Bobby Murphy Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70m).
Bobby Murphy Family
He was born and raised in Berkeley, California by his parents Richard Cornelius Murphy, Jr. and Rosie L. Go-Murphy. Bobby’s mother grew up in the Philippines and emigrated to the United States. He holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Bobby Murphy Wife | Kelsey Bateman
Bobby is married to his beautiful wife Kelsey Bateman. The couple met at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and became sweethearts. In 2020, they donated $5 million to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles for another 20,000 “Angeleno Cards” to be given to people who have been financially hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Bobby Murphy Education
He was educated at the School of the Madeleine, a private Roman Catholic grade school there. Bobby received his secondary education at Saint Mary’s College High School, also a private Catholic high school in Berkeley. Later, he graduated in 2010 from Stanford University in Stanford, California, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematical and computational Science. He was also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity along with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown.
Bobby Murphy Snap
Bobby was recruited by Evan Spiegel after they finished working on a failed startup called Future Freshman, a website that helped high school kids get advice when applying to colleges. In 2011, he co-founded a disappearing-image messaging app called Picaboo. The name was later changed to Snapchat. After college, Bobby spent a year working as a software engineer at Revel Systems (an iPad point of sale system for restaurants).
Until Snapchat could secure venture capital funding, he used half of his paycheck to cover the cost of Snapchat’s server bills. At Snapchat, Bobby has led the engineering and research teams. He has also worked with Snapchat’s Snap Labs team, which produced Spectacles camera glasses in 2018.
At the time of Snapchat’s IPO in 2017, Bobby and Spiegel held over 45% of the company’s total stock. They also held over 70% of the voting power. In February 2017, he and Spiegel pledged to donate up to 13,000,000 shares of Class A common stock to their newly created Snap Foundation, which will support the arts, education, and youth non-profits, over the course of 15–20 years.
Bobby Murphy House
In 2018, Bobby purchased the former Pacific Palisades estate of “Green Acres” actor Eddie Albert for the asking price of $19.5 million. In 2021, he purchased a property on the Manhattan Beach Strand for $14.5 million.
Bobby Murphy Email
bobby.murphy@snap.com
Bobby Murphy Net Worth
In 2015, Bobby was recorded as the 1,250th-richest person in the world, by Forbes Magazine. In 2015, he ranked as the #15 U.S. Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40, and in 2016, he was ranked #374 on the Forbes 400. He currently has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion.
Who Is Robert Murphy
Bobby is a Filipino-American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer. He serves as the co-founder and the CTO of the American multinational technology and social media company Snap Inc., which he created with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.