Holidays and Traditions Is Snapchat an independent company? Is Snapchat an independent company? Who is Snapchat owned by? Snapchat is owned by Evan Spiegel, 31, and Bobby Murphy, 33. Along with owning the platform, Spiegel is also the acting CEO and owns 13% of the company while Murphy serves as the chief technology officer and owns 15% of the company.16 Nov 2021