Hire Mike Krieger | Speaker Agent [Video]

Mike began his journey in the world of technology and innovation at Stanford University in 2004. He obtained an MS and a BS in Symbolic Systems, statistical and rule-based computing linguistics, during which he met Kevin Systrom. Little did he know back then that he and Kevin would become the famed duo who founded Instagram. Initially inspired with the idea of creating a check-in platform, the pair founded Instagram in 2010 before making it exclusively for pictures. Over the next eight years, Kevin and Mike developed the platform, continually working to improve the user experience. Kevin worked tirelessly on the engineering of the site, incorporating new trends and technologies as the years passed. Eventually, Instagram was purchased by tech giant Facebook in 2018, fetching an astounding price of $1 billion.

Before the days of Instagram, Mike worked for a number of other big brands. In 2006 he was appointed as a Program Manager Intern at Microsoft. At Microsoft Mike was a pivotal figure in …