Kevin Systrom
Kevin Systrom (born December 30, 1983) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Instagram, the world's largest photo sharing website, along with Mike Krieger.
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Systrom in 2018 | |
Born | Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S. | December 30, 1983
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder and former CEO, Instagram |
Board member of | Walmart (2014–2018) |
Spouse |
Nicole Schuetz (m. 2016) |
Systrom was included on the list of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 2016. Under Systrom as CEO, Instagram became a fast growing app, with 800 million monthly users as of September 2017. He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.
Meta Platforms (then Facebook, Inc.) bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, a large sum at that time for a company that had 13 employees. Instagram today has over one billion users and contributes over $20 billion to Meta Platforms's annual revenue.
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