In early interviews, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger knew they were being acquired by Facebook at the right moment. Another well timed move: their exit from Instagram.
In June 2014, two years after Facebook bought Instagram, I visited Instagram cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger to see how things were going. They were exceedingly, outrageously happy. “When acquisitions are on the docket, I think entrepreneurs look to Instagram to say, ‘How’s it gone for them?’” Systrom told me at the time. “We’re just kind of a storybook example.”
