GigaomEight months and $16B later, Facebook now owns WhatsApp
WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum will keep his day job (in fact he’s being given 25 million restricted shares to stay put), but he’ll also take a spot of Facebook’s board. Read more »
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