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  2. Jul 9, 2022 · Jan Koum grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, in a Jewish family. His father was a construction worker, and his mother used to do household chores. Life was not that easy for him as they used to be surrounded by communists. It was in after the collapse of Eastern Europe, that his family decided to move to America.

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

    Early life. Yan Borysovych Koum was born in Kyiv, then in the Ukrainian SSR, on February 24, 1976 into a Jewish family. [4] . He grew up in Fastiv. In 1992, at the age of 16, he moved with his mother and grandmother to Mountain View, California. [5] . A social support program helped the family get a small two-bedroom apartment there. [6] .

  4. Feb 28, 2022 · Jan Koum was born in 1976 to a Jewish family in Kyiv, Ukraine. His father worked in construction, while his mother stayed at home with her son. As a child, Koum experienced the negative effects of growing up in a Communist regime, which deeply influenced his strong commitment to privacy protection.

  5. San Jose State University. Childhood & Early Life. Jan Koum was born on February 24, 1976, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, to Jewish parents as their only child. He lived a simple life in a small town that was disrupted by the chaotic political environment and anti-Semitism in the country.

  6. May 1, 2018 · A computer-science graduate from Stanford, he’d grown up in suburban Florida playing golf: his adoptive father had attempted a professional golf career, while his mother had built an...

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  7. Feb 20, 2014 · Koum came from a simple background in Kiev, Ukraine in 1993 and today became a multi-billionaire after selling WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion, with his share of the deal estimated to be ...

  8. Feb 20, 2014 · Koum, who Forbes believes owns 45% of WhatsApp and thus is suddenly worth $6.8 billion (net of taxes) -- was born and raised in a small village outside of Kiev, Ukraine, the only child of a...