Kevin Systrom
| Kevin Systrom | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 Holliston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Instagram |
| Net worth |  US$ 400 million (2012) |
Kevin Systrom (born 1984)[1] is an American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co‑founder and CEO of Instagram.
Life and career [edit]
Systrom was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, and is the son of Diane, a marketing executive, and Douglas Systrom, a president in human resources.[1][2] Systrom attended the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, and graduated in 2006 from Stanford University with a B.S. in management science and engineering.[3] At Stanford, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He co-founded Instagram in 2010 with Mike Krieger. He also founded Burbn, an HTML5-based location-sharing service.
He got his first taste of the startup world when was a member of the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford University which let to his internship at Odeo, the company that eventually gave rise to Twitter. He spent two years at Google; during the first, he worked on Gmail, Google Reader, and other products, and during the second he worked on the Corporate Development team.[4]
After leaving Google, he co‑founded the photo-sharing service Instagram.[5] In April 2012, Instagram was sold to Facebook for $1 billion in cash and stock.[6] According to multiple reports, the deal netted Systrom $400 million based on his ownership stake in the business.[7]
References [edit]
- ^ a b http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x668518054/Holliston-native-strikes-it-rich-with-smartphone-app
- ^ http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x668518054/Holliston-native-strikes-it-rich-with-smartphone-app
- ^ "Executive Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2012-04-05.
- ^ instagram. "The Team".
- ^ "Kevin Systrom". CrunchBase. 2012-04-15.
- ^ Primack, Dan (April 9, 2012). "Breaking: Facebook buying Instagram for $1 billion". Fortune. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ Isaac, Marc (April 9, 2012). "Facebook Buys Instagram". Wired. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
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