Adam Mosseri is new Head of Instagram

Adam Mosseri, the Current VP of product and a former high-ranking product exec at Facebook is now the new “Head of Instagram”.

This announcement was made yesterday a week after Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced in a corporate blog post that they were leaving the company. Kevin and Mike sold the company six years ago to Mark Zuckerberg for $1billion.

According to Mike and Kevin on an Instagram post,

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.

Adam began his career as a designer, managed his own design consultancy, and then joined the Facebook design team in 2008. Since he joined, he moved from design into product management, and spent time working on Mobile then News Feed and most recently, we recruited him to Instagram. In his role leading Instagram, Adam will oversee all functions of the business and will recruit a new executive team including a head of engineering, head of product and head of operations.

Since we announced our departure, many people have asked us what we hope for the future of Instagram. To us, the most important thing is keeping our community — all of you — front and center in all that Instagram does. We believe that Adam will hold true to these values and that Instagram will continue to thrive.

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.

– Kevin & Mike