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

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   Jan Borysovych Koum [a] (born February 24, 1976 [1]) 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.

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

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   3 days ago · Jan Koum cofounded WhatsApp, now the world's biggest mobile messaging service, in 2009. Facebook bought the startup for $22 billion in cash and stock in 2014. He resigned as CEO of WhatsApp in...

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

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   Feb 28, 2022 · As a Ukrainian immigrant who escaped the U.S.S.R., he moved to the United States, met even more extreme poverty, but still managed to build a billion-dollar company within five years. For entrepreneurs and business leaders, Jan Koum’s story serves as inspiration.

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   Who is Koum and what did he do for a living?

   • Koum was born and raised in a village outside of Kiev, Ukraine, the only child of a housewife and a construction manager. He immigrated to California with his mother at age 16, enrolling at San Jose State University and working at Ernst & Young as a security tester.

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   Who is Jan Koum?

   • #117 Jan Koum on the 2024 Billionaires - Jan Koum cofounded WhatsApp, now the world's biggest mobile messaging service, in 2009. Facebook bought the startup

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   Where did Jan Koum grow up?

   • 1976 Jan Koum is born near Kiev, Ukraine. 1992 Immigrates to Mountain View, California, with his mother. 1997 Starts working as infrastructure engineer at Yahoo. Father dies in Ukraine. 2007 Leaves Yahoo. Spends year traveling South America and playing frisbee.

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   Who is Jan Borysovych Koum?

   • Jan Borysovych Koum[a] (born 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.

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6. www.wired.com › story › whats-app-owner-founder-janThe inside story of Jan Koum and how Facebook bought WhatsApp

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   May 1, 2018 · In 2014, as Facebook was secretly preparing to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion, WIRED profiled founder Jan Koum. This is the story of how he fled communism, lived on welfare, and then sold WhatsApp...

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7. www.cnbc.com › 2017/04/24 › how-whatsapp-founder-janHow WhatsApp founder Jan Koum went from welfare to billionaire

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   Apr 24, 2017 · Learn how Jan Koum, the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, immigrated from Ukraine, worked as a janitor, and became one of the richest men in the world. See his infographic journey from poverty to success.

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

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   2 days ago · Koum is a co-founder and former chief executive of WhatsApp, a messaging app that is used by more than 2 billion people in over 180 countries. The app was launched in 2009 and sold to Facebook,...

10. www.forbes.com › sites › alexkonradA Secretive $10 Billion Firm Backed By WhatsApp Billionaire ...

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    Nov 27, 2023 · Jan Koum has long-since left Meta, which acquired his startup WhatsApp in 2014, but it remains a top holding of his firm Newlands. Photograph by Robert Gallagher/The Forbes Collection