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Birth
Kevin Systrom was born December 30,1983 in Holliston, Massachusetts. Son of Diane Pels and Douglas Systrom. -
First Job
-He was a deejay at a club in Boston as a teen.
-He worked on the Microsoft team -
College Life
Systrom graduated in 2006 from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in management science and engineering. He was member of fraternity Sigma Nu. -
Major Event & New Job
He handled marketing projects for Gmail and Calendar. After two years, he managed to switch to Google’s M&A division, where he learned about big tech deals and the money it takes to do them. -
Major Event & New Job
He left Google for a job at a social site called Nextstop, which offered travel recommendations. There he was able to do more of what he had wanted all along: write code and create app-style programs for the site, including games revolving around photos. -
Major Setback
Instagram, of course, was not without competition. Systrom says that when they launched it, “a slew of people came out [with similar apps], and I think since then, one by one, they’ve begun to do other things.” That included Color, a particularly hyped app that touted itself as a Facebook for photos. -
Major Setback
Two hours after Instagram went live, its servers came tumbling down because of the rush of traffic. Systrom and Krieger freaked out and feared instant failure, but in fact it was the best thing they could have hoped for -
Networth
In US dollars Kevin Systrom's Networth is 1.1 billion. -
Personal Characteristics of Kevin Systrom
-Drive
-Vision
-Perseverance
-Indecisiveness
