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  1. leaders.com › articles › leaders-storiesJan Koum: The Inspirational Story of the Founder of WhatsApp -...

    Feb 28, 2022 · The WhatsApp app launched on May 3, 2009, only a few short months after its conception. At first, the app flopped. But a month later, Apple updated the software for iPhones to allow push notifications. This move changed the entire game plan. Koum reworked his strategy to build the app around people’s social networks.

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  3. www.forbes.com › profile › jan-koumJan Koum - Forbes

    2 days ago · PROFILE. Jan Koum. CEO, cofounder, WhatsApp Inc. $15.9B. $34M (0.21%) Real Time Net Worth. as of 5/31/24. #118 in the world today. Photo by Gabriela Hasbun/The Forbes Collection. About Jan...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jan_KoumJan Koum - Wikipedia

    Jan Koum (Ukrainian: Ян Кум; born Yan Borysovych Kum, Ukrainian: Ян Борисович Кум, on February 24, 1976) 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.

  5. www.wired.com › story › whats-app-owner-founder-jan-koum-facebookThe inside story of Jan Koum and how Facebook bought WhatsApp

    May 1, 2018 · In 2014, as Facebook was secretly preparing to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion, WIRED profiled founder Jan Koum. This is the story of how he fled communism, lived on welfare, and then sold...

  6. www.forbes.com › sites › parmyolsonBest Stories Of The Decade: “The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan...

    Dec 23, 2019 · J an Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today.

  7. iluminasi.com › bm › kisah-kejayaan-jan-koum-pengasas-aplikasiDari Miskin Hingga Menjadi Jutawan: Kisah Kejayaan Jan Koum ... -...

    Dec 19, 2017 · Pada tahun 2009, Jan membeli sebuah iPhone. Ketika mula menggunakan App Stores, beliau sedar akan potensi yang terdapat di pasaran bagi aplikasi yang boleh digunakan di iPhone. Kesedaran ini memberi idea kepada beliau untuk menghasilkan aplikasi kos rendah yang memudahkan komunikasi.

  8. www.businessinsider.com › whatsapp-ceo-jan-koum-rags-toJan Koum: How the WhatsApp Cofounder Went From Food Stamps to ......

    May 18, 2017 · WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum. Reuters. Koum now leads a team of around 100 people working on WhatsApp, which is used heavily in developing countries like India and Brazil. And he sold over half...