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Everyone Please delete Facebook: Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton
16Mar By NitishNo Comments
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Everyone Please delete Facebook: Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton

Attending a panel discussion at Stanford University, Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp urged people to delete their Facebook accounts. After selling WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014, Acton left Facebook last year when Cambridge data breach controversy happen. Acton said that the smaller companies in Silicon Valley are pressured to chase venture capital and accept large exits to appease employees and stakeholders.“You go back to this Silicon Valley culture and people say, ‘Well, could you have not sold?’ and the answer is no,” Buzzfeed quotes Acton as saying.He also described his decision to accept Facebook’s offer as “rational choice” to go home with “a boatload of money.”“I had 50 employees, and I had to think about them and the money they would make from this ...
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The Dark Truth Behind Whatsapp Founders Leaving Facebook
2May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments
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The Dark Truth Behind Whatsapp Founders Leaving Facebook

Yesterday we published a breaking news stating that billionaire and chief executive of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, was planning to leave the parent company, Facebook. Whatsapp’s Last Remaining Co-Founder Exits Facebook. While the departure seemed friendly between the Chief Executive of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, and Chief Executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg but the departure motives suggest otherwise. According to several US media reports, the decision to leave his high position in the ranks of Facebook and its board of directors as well was motivated by disagreements about the company’s future. Reports suggest that Koum disagreed with the social media giant’s plan to weaken the messaging app’s encryption and strategy to use specific user information to earn money from Whatsapp.   ...
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Whatsapp Co-Founder Joins #deletefacebook movement
21Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments
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Whatsapp Co-Founder Joins #deletefacebook movement

Brian Acton, co-founder of Whatsapp chose his side concerning the recent backlash against Facebook after reports of the misuse of its data by a firm linked to Donald Trump’s election campaign. Indeed, the former Whatsapp CEO joined the movement #deletefacebook via a twitter post on the microblogging site. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 Brian Acton tweeted “It is time. #deletefacebook,” to his 21,000 followers. Brian Acton has past personal dealings with Facebook for the company he founded, Whatsapp, was bought by the thumbs up platform in 2014 for $16 billion. While the other co-founder of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, chose to continue leading the company, Acton decided to leave the message app company this year only to start his own foundation. Faceb...
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Whatsapp Co-founder Brian Acton To Quit The Company
13Sep By reutersNo Comments
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Whatsapp Co-founder Brian Acton To Quit The Company

Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O), will leave the messaging service company to start a new foundation, he said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Acton spent eight years with WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion in cash and stock. ALSO READ   Capture Your Travel Journeys On The Go With TraveLibro     A Stanford alumnus, Acton co-founded WhatsApp with Ukrainian immigrant Jan Koum in 2009. The duo worked at Yahoo before starting WhatsApp.   Like this PRESS RELEASE? Submit yours here.
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Whatsapp Co-founder Invested In Delhi-based Startup
11Jul By RishabhNo Comments
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Whatsapp Co-founder Invested In Delhi-based Startup

Delhi-based Trak N Tell, a car tracking telematics solution startup has recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a group of investors, led by Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton. This is one of the major investment in any Indian startup involving a high profile Silicon Valley's entrepreneur. While the terms of the Series-A round were not disclosed, Acton, along with two other investors, whose names have also not been revealed, are believed to have pumped in about $3.5 million (Rs 23.3 crore) in the nine-year-old venture. "We are very pleased to have Brian on board, and he's been of tremendous help in terms of strategising, and planning for the company's next stage of growth," Pranshu Gupta, chief executive of Trak N Tell, said in a statement. Founded by Pranshu Gupta, a syste...
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