Kevin Systrom

This pioneering programmer is reported to be in a relationship with Nicole Schuetz, who is the founder of the ‘Sutro Energy Group’.

He was born to Diane (Pels) and Douglas Systrom to 30th December, 1983, in Holliston, Massachusetts.

He received education from the ‘Middlesex School’ located in Concord, Massachusetts. During his school days he learnt about computer programming. As a child, he played the video game called ‘Doom 2’, which further developed his interest in programming.

He pursued Bachelor of Science degree in management science and engineering, from the ‘Stanford University’. While at the university, he was associated with the ‘Sigma Nu fraternity’.

He was one among the twelve students selected by the university authorities to take part in the renowned ‘Mayfield Fellows Program’ where the students are provided with detailed knowledge and training in high-tech entrepreneurship.

His participation in the fellowship program provided him an opportunity to join the company called ‘Odeo’ as an intern. ‘Odeo’ is the same company which developed the social networking site ‘Twitter’.

In 2006, he completed his graduation and got employed at the internet service and technology giant ‘Google’ as the associate product marketing manager and managed functions of Google Calendar, Gmail, Spreadsheets, Docs and various other products of the company.

During his two years of employment at ‘Google’, he initially worked with products such as Google Reader and Gmail. The following year, he joined the ‘Corporate Development Team’ of the company.

A few individuals who had worked with ‘Google’ such as Adrian Graham, Charles Lin and Carl Sjogreen collaborated to form a new venture called ‘Nextstop’. Kevin left ‘Google’ and became an associate at the new venture.

This startup was developed to recommend destinations to people and help them explore the places with the help of ‘Nextstop’. This company was overtaken by the social networking site ‘Facebook’ on 25th September. 2010.

This exceptional programmer conceived that the location check-ins can be amalgamated with prevalent social games, and on this thought he prepared a prototype. He shared his idea with the founders of the capital investment companies ‘Andreessen Horowitz’ and ‘Baseline Ventures’.

He is the co-founder and the CEO of the popular application called ‘Instagram’, and is credited with designing the application. This celebrated programmer is involved in the day-to-day development of the photo-sharing platform. According to recent surveys and estimates, with more than 300 million users, ‘Instagram’ is valued at $33 billion as of 2014.