Adam Mosseri (
Arabic: آدم موسري;
Hebrew: אדם מוסרי; born January 23, 1983) is an American businessman and the head of
Instagram. He formerly was an executive at
Facebook, which owns Instagram.
In 2003, while studying at NYU, Mosseri started his own design consultancy called Blank Mosseri, which focused on graphic, interaction, and exhibition design.[6] His company had offices in New York and San Francisco.[7] In 2007, he joined
TokBox as the company's first designer.[3][8]
Mosseri joined
Facebook as a product designer in 2008.[3] In 2009, Mosseri became a product design manager, and in 2012 became the design director for the company's mobile apps.[8][9] From 2012 to 2016, Mosseri oversaw Facebook's
News Feed section, and from 2016 to May 2018 was vice president of product for Facebook.[8][10][11] During his tenure at Facebook, he additionally oversaw
Facebook Home, the company's unsuccessful attempt at bringing a mobile homescreen to Android devices.[12][13]
After the 2016 presidential election, Mosseri took it upon himself to become the spokesperson for Facebook's stance on "fake news."[4] During the 2018
Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mosseri was one of the few Facebook executives who was vocal about Facebook's role in providing security and trustworthy news.[14]
In May 2018, Mosseri was named Instagram's vice president of product.[15] On October 1, 2018, Facebook announced that Mosseri would assume as the new
head of
Instagram,[16] following the resignation of the photo-sharing app's founders
Kevin Systrom and
Mike Krieger in September 2018.[3] Mosseri's title as head of Instagram differs from the title of former leadership as
CEO as Facebook reserves CEO titles for company founders.[17][18][19] As company head, Mosseri is expected to hire a new executive team and oversee "all functions of the business".[20]
Mosseri used to live in
London with his wife, Monica Mosseri and in 2023 returned back to California after Meta announced it would transfer or lay off the majority of its London staff.[27][28] They have three sons.[6] The Mosseri family is active in local philanthropic causes including the
Shanti Project.[29][30] Mosseri has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship, as his father is Israeli.[31]