Snapchat Is Making the UK Its International Headquarters
The move is unusual for a U.S.-based tech firm.
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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has chosen to base its international headquarters in the UK, .
The move is unusual for a U.S.-based tech firm. Companies including Facebook, Uber and Google have chosen other European countries including Ireland and the Netherlands as their international base to take advantage of lower corporation tax rates.
Snap confirmed it would not be routing sales made in the UK through other European countries for tax reasons, saying sales in countries where Snap does not have a local office or salesforce would also be booked in the UK.
Claire Valoti, the general manager of Snap Group Limited in the UK, said in a statement: “We believe in the UK creative industries. The UK is where our advertising clients are, where more than 10 million daily Snapchatters are and where we’ve already begun to hire talent.”
, and it now has 75 staff members there, many of whom have been hired from rival tech firms. , and other recent hires include Ricky Leatham from Amazon, who leads the UK engineering team, and Andy Pang, who joined from Instagram to lead the company’s measurement division in the region.
Snap Group Limited resides in a three-floor office in London’s Soho neighborhood, but the company says it is set to open an additional site nearby.
in 2017. The company is seeking a valuation of $20 billion to $25 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Business Insider in November.
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has chosen to base its international headquarters in the UK, .
The move is unusual for a U.S.-based tech firm. Companies including Facebook, Uber and Google have chosen other European countries including Ireland and the Netherlands as their international base to take advantage of lower corporation tax rates.
Snap confirmed it would not be routing sales made in the UK through other European countries for tax reasons, saying sales in countries where Snap does not have a local office or salesforce would also be booked in the UK.
