Facebook - WhatsApp Acquisition

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Jan KoumCEO of WhatsApp

Mark ZuckerbergCEO of Facebook

*Acquisition details*Date : 18th February 2014

*Acquirer company : Facebook

*Acquired company : Whatsapp

*Acquisition amount : $19 billion

It includes

- $ 4 billion in cash

- $ 12 billion worth of Facebook shares

- $ 3 billion in restricted stock units

Jan Koum to join board of directors of Facebook

WhatsAppFounded Feb 24 2009

Founder Jan Koum

Stable Release iOS – Version 2.11.7

Windows – 2.11.356.0

Blackberry – 2.11.529

Android – 2.11.152

Operating System iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia Series 40, Symbian, Windows, Nokia Asha

License Proprietary

Facebook

Founded Feb 4 2004  , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United State.

Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes

Revenue US$7.872 Billion (2013)

Operating income US$2.804 Billion (2013)

Net incomeTotal Assets

US$1.5 Billion (2013)US$17.89 billion (2013)

Users 1.23 Billion (monthly active)

Why Acquisition• MAU (monthly active users) will ramp up to 1 billion by 2019

• Gives it additional leverage over Twitter in the battle for more direct messaging market share.

• WhatsApp’s function will make it a near-essential add-on to smartphones, and this—combined with smartphone user growth as well as user behaviour that’s shifting more and more towards mobie.

 • This will help Facebook to diversify its revenue sources

away from the U.S.

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