Facebook on Monday announced Adam Mosseri, Vice President of Product, will be taking position as the new Head of the photo-sharing app Instagram following the resignation of its founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
Adam Mosseri was earlier leading the news feed division of Facebook, one of the most important products of Facebook. His appointment will take charge effective immediately.
“We are pleased to announce that Adam Mosseri, our current Vice President of Product, will become the Head of Instagram starting today. We are thrilled to hand over the reins to a product leader with a strong design background and a focus on craft and simplicity — as well as a deep understanding of the importance of community. These are the values and principles that have been essential to us at Instagram since the day we started, and we’re excited for Adam to carry them forward.” Kevin and Mike wrote in a blog post late on Monday.
From left to right: Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, new Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom.
Kevin and Mike announced their resignations from the company last week, more than six years after Facebook acquired the company they founded for $1 billion. Their departures came after growing frustrations with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg due to increasing interference with the direction of the photo-sharing app, according to various reports.
Mosseri is a designer, studied information design at NYU. During the early stage of his career, he managed his own design consultancy and then joined the Facebook design team in 2008.
Humbled and excited by the new role leading Instagram, thank you @Kevin @Mikeyk for all you've done. https://t.co/ViVQUI5z8i
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) October 1, 2018
“We remain excited for the future of Instagram in the coming years as we transition from being leaders at Instagram to being just two users in a billion. We’re confident that under Adam’s leadership, Instagram will evolve and improve and we look forward to the future of the product and community.” the co-founders said in a statement.
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