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  Who was the first person to create the Instagram app? Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are responsible for creating Instagram thanks to their collaborative efforts. Kevin Systrom, born on December 30, 1983, in the city of San Francisco, California, is the son of a marketing executive at ZipCar and a Vice President for Human Resources at TJX Companies Inc. After completing his education in science and engineering at Stanford University, he started his career as a marketing associate at Google, then moved on to become a product manager at a start-up company, and finally found himself working with online communities. Mike Krieger, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, took part in a school project titled “Send me some sunshine.” The project’s objective was to assist those living in regions with a more incredible amount of sunlight by sending images to others living in regions with a more significant amount of cloud cover to alleviate the symptoms of seasonal sadness. Although he had no formal computer