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Jan Borysovych Koum [a] (born February 24, 1976 [1]) is a Ukrainian-American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion.
India is by far WhatsApp's largest market in terms of total number of users. In May 2014, WhatsApp crossed 50 million monthly active users in India, which is also its largest country by the number of monthly active users, [361] then 70 million in October 2014, making users in India 10% of WhatsApp's total user base. [362]
In 2014, Koum and Acton sold WhatsApp to Facebook for approximately US$19 billion in cash and stock. [8] Forbes estimated that Acton held over 20% stake in the company, making his net worth around $3.8 billion. [11] In 2016, Acton led a funding round for Trak N Tell and raised $3.5 million along with two other investors. [12] [13]
WhatsApp 2.0 is released on the App Store for the iPhone. [3] 2009: October: Funding: Brian Acton persuades five ex-Yahoo! friends to invest $250,000 in seed funding, and is granted co-founder status. [2] 2009: December: Product: WhatsApp for the iPhone is updated to send photos. [2] 2010: August: Product: WhatsApp support for Android OS is ...
WhatsApp Timeline; Feb 24, 2009: Jan Koum incorporates WhatsApp in California. [1] Aug 2009: WhatsApp 2.0 is released on the App Store for the iPhone. [2] Oct 2009: Brian Acton persuades five ex-Yahoo! friends to invest $250,000 in seed funding, and is granted co-founder status. [1] Aug 2010: WhatsApp support for Android (operating system) is ...
WhatsApp founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum is leaving Facebook Inc., just a few years after his messaging app was acquired by the social-media giant for $22 billion.
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In 2010, Facebook won the Crunchie "Best Overall Startup Or Product" award [82] for the third year in a row. [83] The company announced 500 million users in July 2010. [84] Half of the site's membership used Facebook daily, for an average of 34 minutes, while 150 million users accessed the site from mobile devices.