Mike Krieger

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Mike Krieger
Born (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 (age 38)
São Paulo, Brazil
Alma materStanford University
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-Founder of Instagram
SpouseKaitlyn Trigger

Michel "Mike" Krieger (born March 4, 1986) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram with Kevin Systrom. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Krieger moved to California in 2004 to attend Stanford University.[2] At Stanford, where he studied symbolic systems, he met Kevin Systrom.[3] The two co-founded Instagram in 2010.[4] He made the updates for Instagram for the first 3 years it was public. He is married to Kaitlyn Trigger.

Philanthropy

In April 2015, Krieger announced a partnership with charity evaluator GiveWell, committing US$750,000 over the next two years. The funds are to support operations, with 90% allocated to grants identified and recommended through the Open Philanthropy Project process.[5] Kaitlyn, in a blog about the partnership, describes the couple's philanthropic vision as:

We believe that all people deserve a free, vibrant, and productive life. To support this vision, we identify and champion forward-thinking ideas, and help scale solutions that work. To create significant, sustainable change, we are committed to systems-level thinking and rigorous analysis. We advocate collaboration and transparency to engage a broader community and magnify our impact.[6]

References

  1. ^ Katherine Rushton (2012-01-24). "Who's getting rich from Facebook's $1bn Instagram deal?". The Telegraph.
  2. ^ Joe Garofoli (2012-01-24). "Steve Jobs' widstagram founder sitting with Michelle Obama at State of the Union". SFGate.com.
  3. ^ Somini Sengupta, Nicole Perlroth and Jenna Wortham (2012-04-13). "Behind Instagram's Success, Networking the Old Way". New York Times.
  4. ^ Christine Longorio (2012-04-09). "Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Founders of Instagram". Inc. magazine.
  5. ^ Karnofsky, Holden (23 April 2015). "Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger". GiveWell.
  6. ^ Trigger, Kaitlyn (23 April 2015). "Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We're Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project". GiveWell.

External links

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