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In 2009, Jan Koum and Acton co-founded WhatsApp, [4] a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for US$19 billion. Acton left WhatsApp in September 2017 to start the Signal Foundation. [5] According to Forbes (2020), Acton is the 836th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $2.5 billion. [4]
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.
President and CEO [72] 2012 Succeeded Janet L. Robinson and was previously Director-General of the BBC: 2017-11-12 Nike: Mark Parker: Chairman and CEO [73] 2006 Third CEO of the company 2017-11-12 Nokia: Pekka Lundmark: President and CEO [74] 2020 Previously President and CEO of Fortum: 2020-08-16 Novartis: Vasant Narasimhan: CEO 2017
Messaging app Signal's founder and Chief Executive Officer Moxie Marlinspike will step down and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO, Marlinspike said in a blog post https ...
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.
Acton was one of the co-founders of WhatsApp and left the company after it was taken over by Facebook in 2014.Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk revealed this week that he had made a donation ...
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. [14] It allows users to send text, voice messages and video messages, [15] make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
The social media company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is also adding auto tycoon John Elkann and tech investor Charlie Songhurst, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post late Monday. Tapping White to join the board could be seen as Zuckerberg's latest maneuver to improve ties with Trump, who was once banned from Facebook.