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4 days ago · Learn about Jan Koum, the self-made billionaire who cofounded WhatsApp, the world's biggest mobile messaging service, and sold it to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014. See his net worth, philanthropy, biography, and quotes.
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3 days ago · Jan Koum is a co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a messaging app sold to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014. See his net worth, biography, milestones, latest news and more on Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest people.
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1 day ago · WhatsApp was founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum. Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant who had just begun attending classes at San Jose State University, and Acton, a Stanford-educated programmer, met while Acton was working for Internet pioneer Yahoo! in 1997. Koum was soon offered a job with the Mountain View, California-based company, where ...
3 days ago · Did you know Jan Koum, co-founder of WhatsApp, once relied on food stamps? In 2014, he sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion! #inspiration #successstory #whatsapp.
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1 day ago · Jan Koum, meanwhile, is currently on the board of directors at Facebook, and is one of the 200 richest people in the world. Forbes magazine estimates his net worth at €16 billion.
1 day ago · WhatsApp, a messaging application founded in 2009 by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, was acquired by Facebook Inc. in 2014. The app allows users to send text messages, voice messages, images, videos, documents, and make voice and video calls over the internet.
3 days ago · Acton and co-founder Jan Koum released WhatsApp in 2009 before selling it to Facebook, the world's largest social-networking company, for $22 billion in 2014. Acton left Facebook in 2017 to...
