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Former Instagram CEO and Co founder Kevin Systrom spoke for the first time since leaving Facebook last month. Systrom said no one ever leaves a job because everything is awesome. He said he would like to see Instagram continue to succeed, even without him.
Systrom spoke at Wireds 25th anniversary event in San Francisco, in his first public comments since he and his Instagram partner Mike Krieger unexpectedly resigned from Facebook in September. Systrom did not go into details as to why he left, but said he had no hard feelings at all toward the social media giant.
Tensions had been growing between the Instagram co founders and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in recent months over a number of issues, including changes to the product, changes to the Instagram staff and Zuckerbergs increasing control over the unit.
Instagram has grown exponentially since Facebooks acquisition, and now has more than 1 billion monthly active users. Instagram started selling ads in 2014, and while Facebook FB, +1.27%Â Â does not break out Instagrams revenue, analysts estimate it will make between $10 billion and $16 billion in 2018. Earlier in September, Instagram announced new e commerce features to simplify shopping within the app.
Systrom said Monday that hes proud of the legacy he will leave with Instagram, and hes leaving his future a question mark for now.
