Snap debuts on New York Stock Exchange

Snap CEO and co-founder Evan Spiegel, center, rings the bell at the NYSE for its debut, along with co-founder Bobby Murphy, left, and NYSE President Thomas Farley, right. Snap Inc. is the parent company of Snapchat.

Snap Inc. makes it’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, right, enters the trading floor before he rings the bell at the NYSE for its debut. With him is NYSE President Thomas Farley.

A man points his phone at protestors from a Snap buildings along Market St. in Venice as the tech company had their IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Kristen Schonert with her dog “Beau” joins protestors carrying signs as they skate and walk past The Snap headquarter buildings along Market St. in Venice as the tech company had their IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Vivianne Robinson joins as protestors carrying signs while skating and walking past The Snap headquarter buildings along Market St in Venice as the tech company had their IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Protestors carrying signs yell at employees of Snap near the Snap headquarters building on Market St in Venice.

Darick Breland who manages a clothing store on the Venice Boardwalk talks about the effect Snap has on the neighborhood.

Ryan Shanahan, left, joins protestors carrying signs as they yell at employees of Snap near the company’s headquarters in Venice.

Protestors carrying signs as they walk past The Snap headquarter buildings along Market St in Venice as the tech company had their IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Security guards help hand out free food from a food truck provided by Snap as protestors carrying signs while skating and walking past The Snap headquarter buildings along Market St in Venice as the tech company had their IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Bobby Murphy, 24, left, and Evan Spiegel, 22, co-creators of Snapchat, at the company’s offices on Ocean Front Walk in Venice on May 6, 2013. Snapchat is a mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that self-destruct after a few seconds.

Snapchat faced criticism in 2016 for a sponsored lens that turns users in Bob Marley.

People wait in line to collect their Snapchat Spectacles; video camera-enabled sunglasses from Snap Inc., that went on sale in November through a sidewalk vending machine in Venice. About 150 people kept a constant line waiting about three hours for the opportunity to purchase the glasses for $130.

Andy Milonakis, from New York, tries his Snapchat Spectacles; video camera-enabled sunglasses from Snap Inc., that went on in November through a sidewalk vending machine in Venice.