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Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who co-founded WhatsApp, revolutionizing global mobile messaging. After selling WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion, he became an advocate for user privacy and encryption.
Born February 24, 1976 (age 50)
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Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur and computer programmer born on February 24, 1976. He co-founded WhatsApp in 2009 with Brian Acton, creating a messaging platform that enabled users to communicate globally via internet connection rather than SMS. WhatsApp grew to become one of the world's most widely used messaging applications, with hundreds of millions of active users by the early 2010s. In 2014, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for approximately $19 billion, one of the largest technology acquisitions at the time. Koum served as Chief Executive Officer of WhatsApp following the acquisition and remained involved with the platform's operations and development. He became a public advocate for end-to-end encryption and user privacy protections in digital communications. Koum departed from Facebook (later Meta) in 2018. He has since invested in various technology and philanthropic ventures. His wealth from the WhatsApp sale placed him among the world's richest individuals.
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Jan Koum at a glance
- Born
- February 24, 1976, Kyiv
- Active since
- 2009
- Known for
- Engineer, Computer scientist, Programmer
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