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The Acquisition Story The acquisition was not just a financial transaction but also a result of persistent relationship-building. Mark Zuckerberg initially proposed the deal during a dinner at his home on February 9, 2014. Koum took a few days to consider and then returned on Valentine's Day, interrupting Zuckerberg's dinner with his wife to finalize the agreement. This personal touch highlighted the partnership approach Zuckerberg envisioned rather than a typical corporate takeover.
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“No Ads. No Games. No Gimmicks.” That was the founding promise of WhatsApp. When Jan Koum and Brian Acton built WhatsApp, they were obsessed with simplicity and user trust. Acton even scrawled the motto on a piece of paper and gave it to Koum as a
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Jan Koum – From poverty to $19B > Born in a small village in Ukraine, grew up poor. >Migrated to the US with his mother, cleaned floors & worked as a janitor. Couldn’t even afford phone calls to his father back home. >Built WhatsApp in 2009. >In 201
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Mark Zuckerberg's video celebrating the 4th of July had a surprisingly significant impact on Facebook's market value, adding more than $50 billion to its market capitalization. The video, which showed Zuckerberg surfing with the American flag while
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