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Nov 27, 2023 · Jan Koum has long-since left Meta, which acquired his startup WhatsApp in 2014, but it remains a top holding of his firm Newlands. Photograph by Robert Gallagher/The Forbes Collection.
Jun 18, 2022 · Jan Koum, who controls a multi-billion-dollar charitable foundation, has not uttered a public word even as many other wealthy Ukrainians and Russians announce donations toward humanitarian relief ...
Jun 15, 2022 · Jan Koum, who controls a multi-billion-dollar charitable foundation, has not uttered a public word even as many other wealthy Ukrainians and Russians announce donations toward humanitarian relief ...
Apr 30, 2018 · 30 April 2018. Getty Images. Jan Koum co-founded WhatsApp in 2009. WhatsApp chief executive Jan Koum is to quit the popular messaging service he co-founded. In a post on Facebook, he said he was ...
Computer engineer Brian Acton cofounded messaging app WhatsApp with Jan Koum in 2007; the two had met while working at Yahoo. The pair sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $22 billion in cash and stock ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Jan Koum (Designed by Grace Yagel with images from Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) – The fighting in Ukraine has been called “a WhatsApp war” amid widespread reliance on messaging apps by journalists , soldiers and ordinary civilians , and their central role in spreading propaganda .
Apr 24, 2017 · Then Apple’s app store launched in 2009 and Koum saw a golden opportunity. He poured his time, effort and resources into building what would become WhatsApp. In 2014, Koum and co-founder Brian ...
