Adam Mosseri is an American businessman and the head of Instagram. He was announed as the new head of Instagram on October 1, 2018, following the resignation of the photo-sharing app’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in September 2018.
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Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and later acquired by American company Facebook Inc., now known as Meta Platforms.
Prior to this appointment, Mosseri worked at Facebook and his title as head of Instagram differs from the title of former leadership as CEO as Facebook reserves CEO titles for company founders.
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As company head of Instagram, Mosseri is expected to hire a new executive team and oversee “all functions of the business”.
Mosseri joined Facebook as a product designer in 2008, in 2009, he became a product design manager, and in 2012 became the design director for the company’s mobile apps.
From 2012 to 2016, Mosseri oversaw Facebook’s News Feed section, and from 2016 to May 2018 served as vice president of product for Facebook.
During his tenure at Facebook, he additionally oversaw Facebook Home, the company’s unsuccessful attempt at bringing a mobile homescreen to Android devices.
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