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

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   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...

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

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   Jun 15, 2022 · Jan Koum, who controls a multi-billion-dollar charitable foundation, has not uttered a public word even as many other wealthy Ukrainians and Russians announce donations toward humanitarian...

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

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   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...

4. www.bloomberg.com › billionaires › profilesBloomberg Billionaires Index - Jan Koum

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   2 days ago · Overview. Koum is a co-founder and former chief executive of WhatsApp, a messaging app that has been downloaded onto more than six billion devices. The app was launched in 2009 and sold to...

5. www.forbes.com › sites › parmyolsonExclusive: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built ...

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   Feb 20, 2014 · Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today.

6. www.cnbc.com › 2017/04/24 › how-whatsapp-founder-jan-koum-wentHow WhatsApp founder Jan Koum went from welfare to billionaire

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   Apr 24, 2017 · Former WhatsApp CEO and co-founder Jan Koum. David Ramos | Getty Images. Roughly one in seven people on earth have Jan Koum, and his company WhatsApp, to thank for their ability to call and...

7. www.cnet.com › who-is-whatsapp-co-founder-and-ceo-jan-koumWho is WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum? - CNET

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   Feb 20, 2014 · With the acquisition, Koum, 38, will join Facebook's board of directors, but WhatsApp will remain autonomous and independent from the social network, much like Instagram. Koum wrote in a blog...