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Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel took his company public today, exceeding expectations for its IPO. The company behind the image-sharing app popular with millennials started trading on the New York Stock Exchange with an IPO price of $17 per share, quickly rising to $24 per share.

From La La Land Spiegel attended the prestigious Crossroads school in Santa Monica, California. Other famous alum include Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson and Maya Rudolph.

Stanford Drop-out Like other tech geniuses — Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg — Spiegel never actually graduated from college – he dropped out with just a few credits to go so he could work on Snapchat full time.

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Frat Boy He served as the social chair of his fraternity, Kappa Sigma, at Stanford. During his time there, the fraternity was stripped of its on-campus housing due to a dangerous “alcohol culture,” according to a school official.

Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Forbes named Spiegel the youngest self-made billionaire for the last two years. His net worth is estimated at around $4 billion dollars.

Already Off The Market While Spiegel may be a catch, he is no bachelor. In July he proposed to former Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr. The model was seen on the NYSE floor taking pictures of today’s IPO for her snap story.

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