1.
WhatsApp was founded
in 2009 by former Yahoo! employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum.
2.
Sequoia Capital
invested $8 million in 2011.
3.
70% of users are
active on a daily basis.
4.
WhatsApp says they
are adding 1 million users every day.
5.
They currently employ
50 people
6.
32 engineers working
on WhatsApp, i.e. one engineer is responsible for 14 million active users!!
7.
400 million active
users in December.
8.
Rising to 450 million
active users according to Facebook's press release.
9.
The app is the 5th
most downloaded app on Android.
10. WhatsApp doesn’t sell
ads and zero have appeared on the app.
11. Twitter and Facebook
had the chance to hire founder Brian Acton but didn’t!
12. The total value of
the deal: $19 Billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in stock, and $3 billion
in restricted stock)
13. $1 Billion Break-up
fee should the deal not go through.
14. Jan Koum keeps a note
from Brian taped to his desk that reads “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” To
keep them focused on building a pure messaging experience.
15. WhatsApp spent ZERO
cash on marketing, PR and user acquisition.
16. WhatsApp messaging volume is approaching the entire
global telecom SMS volume.
17. On Dec 31st 2013
users sent a total 54 billion messages during the day (3x increase from 2012).
Thanks for
your time.
Regards,
Madhu Tony
Founder :
Tekypedia
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