The co-founders of Instagram have announced they will step down from their roles in the company. CEO Kevin Systrom and CTO Mike Krieger said in a blog post they were leaving the firm they created in 2010 to explore their "curiosity and creativity again". In an interview with TechCrunch, Systrom, who co-founded Facebook when it was still called FriendFeed, said: "We are going to take some time off as we continue our journey together on Instagram.
The co-founders of Instagram have announced they will step down from their roles in the company. CEO Kevin Systrom and CTO Mike Krieger said in a blog post they were leaving the firm they created in 2010 to explore their "curiosity and creativity again". The news raises questions about the future direction of Instagram, with the company growing faster than parent Facebook while largely avoiding the scandals that have befallen the social media giant in recent years.