In the last five years, Snapchat has gone from a sexting app built in a Stanford dorm to a business that could soon be worth $22 billion on the public market.
Who are the early employees who've helped make the disappearing messaging app such a hit?
Back in 2013, Business Insider rounded up 20 of Snapchat's earliest employees. Many of them were Stanford classmates of founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy.
We're revisiting the list now that Snapchat is used by 158 million people each day and its parent company Snap Inc. is about to go public.
Here are some of the earliest employees at Snapchat, and what they're doing now:
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David Kravitz was one of the first two hires at Snapchat.
Where he worked before: Google intern, software engineer at Raunk
Date joined Snapchat: June 2012
Current role at Snapchat: Software Engineer
Attended: Stanford University (class of 2012)
Its second hire, Daniel Smith, now calls himself "Captain Captcha" at Snapchat.
Where he worked before: Software engineer at Raunk
Date joined Snapchat: June 2012
Current role at Snapchat: "Captain Captcha"— Smith builds the Android app for Snapchat
Attended: Stanford University (class of 2012)
Timothy Sehn joined Snapchat in 2013, and now he leads all engineering.
Where he worked before: Amazon. Sehn was a director there who was employed by Amazon for a decade.
Date joined Snapchat: September 2013
Current role at Snapchat: Senior VP of Engineering
Attended: University of Waterloo
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