Why Jan Koum created WhatsApp, Know the points of interest

Why Jan Koum created WhatsApp, Know the points of interest 

California: Jan Koum, fellow benefactor and CEO of WhatsApp informing App, says the thought for the application uncovered that the thought for the informing application came to fruition so he could quit passing up a great opportunity for approaches his new cell phone (iPhone). 

"It began with me purchasing an iPhone," Koum told a group of people of a few hundred Silicon Valley veterans accumulated for an occasion this week at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. "I got irritated that I was missing calls when I went to the rec center," as revealed in CNBC.

He and Acton at that point fabricated an application that could tell their companions regardless of whether they were accessible, on account of a simple to-utilize include called "Status."

"We didn't set out to fabricate an organization. We simply needed to fabricate an item that individuals utilized," Koum said late Wednesday, amid a dramatic board dialog that went before a propel screening of another narrative called "Silicon Valley: The Untold Story."

The application didn't take off immediately, despite the fact that it was acknowledged into Apple's App Store, Koum related.

That soon changed, in any case. By 2014, WhatsApp, on account of its simple to-utilize interface and uncluttered plan, had more than 400 million clients all inclusive. Corporate suitors like Facebook soon came calling.

At the point when board mediator Michael Malone asked Koum what he recalled most about the day he consented to offer the organization in mid 2014, Koum experienced a mental blackout. "It was every one of the an obscure. I don't recall any of that aside from being in a stay with legal counselors for three days in a row," he said.

At last, Facebook consented to pay more than $19 billion to get WhatsApp, transforming both of its authors into very rich people. A year ago Koum sold $2.3 billion in Facebook stock and WhatsApp achieved 1.3 billion month to month clients. Malone asked him for what good reason despite everything he goes to work, since it resembles Koum "won the lottery."