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  1. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › jan-koum-7407Jan Koum Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements

    Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-born American internet entrepreneur who co-founded the mobile messaging application WhatsApp with Brian Acton. The extremely popular mobile application was acquired by Facebook Inc. in 2014 for a whooping US$19 billion.

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

    Koum has also donated to two universities: $1 million to Fordham and $41 million to Stanford. Around 2024, he donated $250,000 to a committee supporting the candidacy of Daniel Lurie for mayor of San Francisco. Personal life. Koum is Jewish.

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

    About Jan Koum. Jan Koum cofounded WhatsApp, now the world's biggest mobile messaging service, in 2009. Facebook bought the startup for $22 billion in cash and stock in 2014. He resigned as...

  5. www.jta.org › 2022/06/15 › united-statesWhatsApp’s reclusive founder has quietly become a megadonor to...

    Jun 15, 2022 · Due to the secrecy marking his charitable giving, as well as his personal life, Koum’s profile as a philanthropist over the past several years has gone almost unnoticed.

  6. startuptalky.com › jan-koum-success-storyJan Koum Success Story - Early life, Career, Investments and More

    Jul 9, 2022 · In his personal life, Jan Koum is believed to have a difficult childhood. He grew up in a communist regime, where privacy was not an option for him. He has lived through poverty and struggled his way up to becoming the co-founder of WhatsApp.

  7. 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...

  8. www.entrepreneur.com › business-news › the-entrepreneur-whoThe Entrepreneur Who Became a Billionaire After Being Rejected by...

    Jun 20, 2019 · Jan Koum had a rough upbringing. At 16, he immigrated from Europe to the United States with his mother and grandmother, who were fleeing political unrest and religious persecution.