Who Owns Snap Inc.?
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Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is a public American technology company that develops Snapchat and other camera- and augmented reality–based products and services.
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Snap Inc. appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is a public American technology company that develops Snapchat and other camera- and augmented reality–based products and services.
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Snap Inc. appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
Snap Inc.
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Evan Spiegel Co‑founder and CEO of Snap Inc.; holds super‑voting Class C and other insider shares. Together with co‑founder Bobby Murphy he controls roughly 95–96% of Snap’s voting power via the multi‑class share structure, while public Class A shares are non‑voting. | Founder | — | 48.4% | — |
Robert C. "Bobby" Murphy Co‑founder and Chief Technology Officer; second‑largest voting shareholder after Evan Spiegel. Through his holdings of Class B and super‑voting Class C shares he, together with Spiegel, maintains effective control of Snap despite owning a minority of total economic shares. | Founder | — | 47.4% | — |
Tencent Holdings Limited Chinese technology conglomerate that accumulated a large non‑voting Class A stake in Snap. Snap disclosed Tencent’s purchase of a 12% non‑voting stake in 2017, and later data show Tencent holding about 243 million shares (~14.1% of shares outstanding) as of Dec. 31, 2024; these Class A shares carry no regular voting rights. | Corporate | 14.1% | 0.0% | Dec 2024 |
FMR LLC (Fidelity) Large U.S. asset manager (Fidelity). Listed among Snap’s biggest institutional holders, with roughly 107.9 million shares of Snap (~7.4% of shares outstanding) reported as of Sept. 30, 2025, held in non‑voting Class A stock. | Institutional | 7.4% | 0.0% | Sep 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Index‑fund manager and one of Snap’s largest institutional shareholders. Reported holding about 100.6 million shares (~6.9% of shares outstanding) as of Sept. 30, 2025, primarily in non‑voting Class A shares, giving it economic exposure but no meaningful voting power. | Institutional | 6.9% | 0.0% | Sep 2025 |
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