![]() ![]() They have a self-service canteen, some graffiti on white walls, and the gym, which Koum labels “the emptiest in the world”. There are no hammocks and other perks loved by tech companies in Silicon Valley and outside of it. The three-storey building from bricks and glass in the centre of Mountain View became the fifth “home” for the company. I am meeting Koum at the office where WhatsApp has moved in this summer. The WhatsApp co-founders Yan Koum and Brian Acton became the Facebook shareholders, but they kept working on WhatsApp. At the beginning of 2014, the messenger was sold for record-breaking $19 billion. The deal between WhatsApp and Facebook went down in the history of the venture market. ![]() He explained how WhatsApp changed after merging with Facebook, why he dislikes being a manager and how he imagines the future of WhatsApp. WhatsApp co-founder Jam Koum invited a Russian journalist to his office for the first time. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum: “Most of startup ideas are absolutely stupid” ![]()
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