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Kevin Systrom

computer programmer and entrepreneur

Born: American

Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger.

Kevin 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 three billion users and contributes over $20 billion to Meta Platforms's annual revenue.

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American computer programmer and entrepreneur

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  1. Kevin Systrom is born

    Kevin Systrom, American computer programmer and entrepreneur, known for american computer programmer and entrepreneur, was born on 1984-12-30.

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Kevin Systrom was born on 1984-12-30 (American).
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American computer programmer and entrepreneur
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