Recode Decode: Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Instagram CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why he's still working at Facebook five years after it bought his company for $1 billion. Systrom shares what he has learned from the executives there and why he insisted from day one that his new colleagues not call Instagram a "photo-sharing app" — which surprised Mark Zuckerberg. He also addresses allegations that Instagram has "copied" features from Snapchat, saying no tech product is completely original and that it's better for consumers if companies in the same space are constantly trying to one-up each other. Later in the show, Systrom explains why he feels personally responsible to make the internet a safer place, and what he's doing toward that goal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:30.8	Hi I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:33.6	You may know me as the only person Donald Trump didn't ask to stop the Russia investigations,
0:38.4	but in my spare time I talked tech and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about
0:42.6	tech and media's key players, big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:46.8	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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0:59.8	Today in the Red Chair is Kevin Systrom, the CEO of Instagram, the little app you might
1:04.5	have heard of.
1:05.7	He co-founded the company in 2010 with Mike Krieger and in April 2012 they sold it to Facebook
1:11.4	for $1 billion.
1:13.5	In April Instagram announced it had more than 700 million active users.
1:18.4	I know Kevin pretty well, I've written profiles on them and I've known him since the beginning
1:21.6	of Instagram welcome to Recode Decode.
1:23.8	Thanks for having me.
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