Nick Bell (businessman)


Nick Bell is a founding partner at Attention Capital and former vice president of content at Snap Inc., parent company of Snapchat, where he reported directly to CEO Evan Spiegel. Prior to Snap, Bell was Senior Vice President of Digital at News Corporation.

Early life and education

Bell was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England and attended the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. His father is a farmer and his mother a schoolteacher.

Career

In August 2019 Bell was part of the founding team of Attention Capital, a media and technology holding company. Prior to Attention Capital Bell spent 5 years at Snapchat joining from News Corp in early 2014 and was described as one of Spiegel's closest lieutenants. Bell was in charge of leading the company's content strategy, including the introduction of the Live Stories and Discover features to the Snapchat app.
In November 2018, Bell announced in a company-wide email that he was leaving Snap. In March 2019, he joined business incubator startup Human Ventures as a co-managing director of its "attention economy" portfolio.

Honours and awards