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Company · Software & IT

WhatsApp

Cross-platform messaging and voice-over-IP service.

Acquired Founded 2009 Mountain View USA Software & IT
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Acquired by Facebook.

Founders

2
B
Brian Acton
Co-founder
 J
Jan Koum
Co-founder & CEO

Where its founders came from

2

The companies and labs that produced WhatsApp’s founders.

Apple Yahoo

The WhatsApp diaspora

4 companies

People who worked at or founded WhatsApp and went on to start their own companies.

B 3 founded
WhatsApp LLC 2009 Signal 2018 Sunlight Giving
J 1 founded
WhatsApp LLC 2009

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