Mike Krieger

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Mike Krieger

Michel "Mike" Krieger (born March 4, 1986 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and software developer who developed the iPhone and Android app Instagram together with Kevin Systrom .

Dates of birth March 4, 1986 in São Paulo , Brazil
place of residence San Francisco , California , US
university Stanford University
job Entrepreneur, software developer
Known for Co-developer of Instagram
capital US $ 100,000,000 (2013)

Life

Krieger grew up in São Paulo and went to 2004 California , to attend the Stanford University cognitive science to study. Here he met Kevin Systrom. Together with him, he developed the multimedia application Instagram in 2010.

After Instagram was sold to Facebook for around 1 billion US dollars in 2012, he continued to work as Technical Director (CTO) for Instagram between 2012 and 2018, but left the company in autumn 2018 after disagreements with parent company Facebook.

Individual evidence

  1. Mike developed Instagram
  2. Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announce their departure from the social media platform on abc.net.au; English; accessed on October 29, 2018.
  3. Instagram founders leave Facebook on spiegel.de; accessed on October 29, 2018.