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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.
2 days ago · Learn about Jan Koum, the self-made billionaire who cofounded WhatsApp, the world's biggest mobile messaging service, and sold it to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014. See his net worth, philanthropy, biography, and quotes.
Feb 28, 2022 · Learn how Jan Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant, built a billion-dollar company with his partner Brian Acton. Discover his journey from picking up food stamps to creating a messaging app that changed the world.
May 1, 2018 · May 1, 2018 10:48 AM. The inside story of Jan Koum and how Facebook bought WhatsApp. In 2014, as Facebook was secretly preparing to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion, WIRED profiled founder Jan...
Dec 23, 2019 · After Jan Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant who came to America with his mother, agreed to sell WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion, he took the contract to the welfare office where he once...
May 18, 2017 · The rags-to-riches story of WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum, who grew up without running water and is now worth over $9 billion. Alex Heath and Madeline Stone. May 18, 2017, 9:05 AM PDT. WhatsApp...
1 day ago · Jan Koum is a co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a messaging app sold to Facebook for $22 billion in 2014. See his net worth, biography, milestones, latest news and more on Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest people.
