Kevin Systrom
American computer programmer and entrepreneur (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2]
Kevin Systrom | |
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Born | (1983-12-30) December 30, 1983 (age 40) Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder and former CEO, Instagram |
Board member of | Walmart (2014–2018)[1] |
Spouse |
Nicole Schuetz (m. 2016) |
Systrom was included on the list of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 2016.[3] Under Systrom as CEO, Instagram became a fast growing app, with 800 million monthly users as of September 2017.[4] He resigned as the CEO of Instagram on September 24, 2018.[5]
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.