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title: "Who is Kevin Systrom?"  
description: "Who is Kevin Systrom?"  
author: "Gurmeet Kaur"  
published: 2018-09-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50065/who-is-kevin-systrom  
category: "special personality"  
tags: ["instagram"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Who is Kevin Systrom?	

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**“Founder of Instagram Kevin Systrom”** **Instagram [launched in the year](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39042/the-first-five-year-plan-in-india-was-launched-in-the-year) 2010, on [October](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2486/whatsapp-banned-over-23-million-indian-accounts-and-8-1-million-users-in-october) 6, appreciated by more than a [billion people](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1350/the-six-natural-resources-most-drained-by-our-7-billion-people) worldwide, with the world's largest celebrities this app redefined the whole form of photography and photo sharing.** It started with Apple's [App Store](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2473/apple-threatened-to-remove-twitter-from-the-app-store-over-in-app-purchases). \
![Who is Kevin Systrom?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/3664a536-08dd-43c1-a943-f3eba09897d1/images/385fcd78-86d0-4ccd-903d-2701c5f5b57a.jpeg)\
This company had only one goal to make mobile photo fast, simple and beautiful World famous Instagram founder and CEO Kevin was born on December 30, 1983. His mother was a marketing executive of Gippar. \
**Father was Vice President of HR Department of TJX Company. Kevin introduction with computer programming started while studying at school.** Kevin grew up preparing programs for hacking his friends' Messenger accounts. His love for technology and programming aroused seeing his mother who had been working at Tech World since the beginning. \
![Who is Kevin Systrom?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/3664a536-08dd-43c1-a943-f3eba09897d1/images/a122166d-eef8-4b7b-bb47-8b87ddae482e.jpeg)**But Kevin's first job was quite different from [technology](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43990/4-reasons-why-startups-should-invest-in-good-technology). Kevin chose the first computer [science](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44069/science-and-business-mutually-beneficial) in the college but further he went towards [management](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23350/how-to-choose-a-project-management-platform-for-your-business) science and [engineering](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12520/earning-a-internal-engineering-graduate-rank-online) programs.** Because Kevin found [Computer Science](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112634/what-are-the-benefits-of-teaching-coding-and-computer-science-in-schools) subjects knowledgeable but not experimental. **The focus of the management science centered on more practical topics such as economics and finance.** Kevin was one of the 12 [students](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167995/5-reasons-to-buy-headphones-for-students) who was selected to take part in the prestigious Fellows Program of Stanford University. Here he experienced the world of startups. **"ALL THE BEST"**


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