FROM FOOD STAMPS TO BILLIONAIRES!! MEET THE FOUNDERS OF WHATSAPP WHO JUST SOLD THEIR APP TO FACEBOOK FOR $16 BILLION!!!!
Tech time talk about a success story. From FOOD STAMPS to dropping out from SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY to BILLIONAIRE!!! Daily mail reports The creators of instant messaging service WhatsApp can now comfortably call themselves billionaires after signing a $19 billion deal with Facebook. But the duo's road to becoming billionaires several times over has been filled with humble beginnings and setbacks Koum, 37, who co-founded the app with Brian Acton in 2009 co-founded WhatsApp in 2009, and five years later, is now estimated to now be worth about $6.8 billion. But at one point he was a teenage immigrant who lived on food stamps. The 'long time'-friend of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just 16 when he moved to the U.S. from Ukraine. Here’s what will change for you, our users: nothing.' Check out their bio! CV - JAN KOUM Education: - Mountain View High School - 'Barely graduated', 1995 - San Jose State University ...