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

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

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   6 days ago · Jan Koum. 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....

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

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   Feb 28, 2022 · Find out how Jan Koum, co-founder of WhatsApp, went from living in poverty to selling his company for $19 billion dollars.

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

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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...

5. www.cnbc.com › 2017/04/24 › how-whatsapp-founder-jan-koum-went-from-welfare-toHow 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...

6. atouchofbusiness.com › biographies › jan-koumJan Koum: From Ukrainian Struggles to WhatsApp Billionaire

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   Oct 14, 2023 · Discover Jan Koum's inspirational rise, from humble beginnings in Kyiv to co-founding WhatsApp, one of the world's biggest tech acquisitions. Skip to content Menu

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

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   5 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...

8. www.britannica.com › biography › Jan-KoumJan Koum | Ukrainian-American businessman and computer programmer

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   Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant who had just begun attending classes at San Jose State University, and Acton, a Stanford-educated programmer, met while Acton was working for Internet pioneer Yahoo! in 1997. Koum was soon offered a job with the Mountain View, California-based company,…

9. time.com › 8838WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum: Everything You Need to Know | TIME

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   Feb 20, 2014 · Today it’s Jan Koum, who just sold his mobile messaging platform WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion in cash and stock. Koum had been a relatively low-key CEO, giving few media interviews as...

10. www.cnet.com › services-and-software › 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 · Who is WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum? With Facebook's announcement to acquire the messaging service, one of Silicon Valley's more private CEOs is now facing the limelight. Dara Kerr....