Jan Koum

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(Ukrainian Soviet Union→ US)

He started off as a cleaner in a grocery store, but a little something called Whatsapp changed all of that. Koum is the revolutionary app’s co-founder and CEO. Facebook Inc. acquired Whatsapp in 2014 for $19 billion, making Koum a very, very successful man.

Fun fact: Before founding Whatsapp with Brian Acton, the two worked at Yahoo. They then quit and travelled around South America together, apparently playing lots of ultimate frisbee.  

by Nicki Fleischner and Erica Sanchez

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