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Whatsapp founder Jan Koum announces he's leaving Facebook

Ryne Hager2018/04/30
4:19pm PDTApr 30, 2018

Update
Mark Zuckerberg made a comment on the announcement, which was added to this post. References to The Washington Post's report, which contains additional information, were also added.

Facebook picked up WhatsApp back in 2014 to the tune of $19 billion, and since then co-founder and former CEO Jan Koum has hung around his baby. He's even stuck to his values, remaining adamant that the acquisition by Facebook wouldn't result in a change of company principles.

WhatsApp CEO Issues Strong Statement Promising Facebook Deal Won't Compromise Respect For Privacy

Bertel King, Jr.2014/03/17
1:51pm PDTMar 17, 2014

Last month Facebook bought WhatsApp for way too much money, making the app's developers very wealthy individuals. This deal, theoretically, gives Facebook access to the data provided by the app's nearly half a billion users. The companies behind the social network and the instant messenger have both promised that WhatsApp will continue to operate autonomously, but this hasn't completely alleviated privacy concerns. Thus WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum has shared a blog post aimed at "setting the record straight."

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