11 brilliant quotes from Evan Spiegel, the controversial 25-year-old Snapchat founder

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At the ripe old age of 25, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel already has a net worth of $1.5 billion, making him the youngest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes.

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When Snapchat first launched, it was primarily seen as a sexting app, an idea re-enforced by a bout of horrendous emails obtained by ValleyWag from Spiegel's college days, which made him look like a sexist jerk.

Today, though, the app is catching the attention of big time advertisers and Spiegel himself has matured as well.

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Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo called him "one of the best product thinkers out there." Here are a few of Spiegel's quotes that prove him to have grown past his frat boy days into a respected executive: