Origin

An invention by two guys

with an experience of 20
years at Yahoo! American
Brian Acton & Ukrainian
Jan Koum
Koum on his birthday, Feb.
24, 2009. he incorporated
WhatsApp Inc. in California.

INTRODUCTION
o

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile

messaging app which allows to exchange messages
without having to pay for SMS.

WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone,

BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Android and Nokia.

The company was founded in 2009 and is based in

Santa Clara, California.

ACHEIVMENTS
o

WhatsApp is editors choice in

google app market.

419 million monthly active users,

over 35 million in India.

Achieved a new record of 27

billion messages in a day.

Obliterates its own record,

processes 54 billion messages on
New Years Eve

Acquisition
o FaceBook has acquired mobile
messaging giant WhatsApp for $19
billion on Feb 19th 2014.
o It is the most expensive
Acquisition by tech company
so far.

Reasons behind
The Expensive
acquisition

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- SHARATH NAYAK