Jan Koum, founder WhatsApp, born and raised in the Ukraine from a relatively poor family. At the age of 16, he was desperate to move to America, in pursuit of what we know as the "American Dream".
At the age of 17, he could only eat from the government ration. He almost became a bum. Sleep
roofed sky, paved ground. To survive, he worked as a janitor supermarket. "Life is so bitter", Koum thought.
His life was increasingly steep when his mother was diagnosed of cancer. They survive only with makeshift medical benefits. Koum then studied at San Jose University. But then he chose to drop out, preferring to learn programming autodidact.
Because of his skills as a programmer, Jan Koum was hired as an engineer at Yahoo !. He worked there for 10 years. In that same place, he was friends with Brian Acton.
Both made the WhatsApp application in 2009, after resigned from Yahoo !. Both had applied to join Facebook was rising in popularity at the time, but diitolak. Facebook may now deeply regret ever rejecting their applications.
After the official WhatsApp Facebook purchased at a price of 19 billion US dollars (£ 224 billion) a few days ago, Jan Koum moving ritual. He came to the place where he used to be, at the age of 17 years, every morning to stand in line to get food rations from the government. He leaned his head against the wall where he had to stand in line. Remembering a difficult time, where even for a meal he did not have any money .. Slowly, the tears melted. He never thought his company was bought with such a high value.
He then recalled that his mother had died of cancer. Her mother is willing to sew clothes for her to save. "No money, son ...". Jan Koum stunned. He regrets never be this happy news to his mother.
Sustenance came from the direction and shape of the unexpected. Poor adolescents who used to be able to ration it now so squillionaires
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