![]() After visiting South America, he discussed an idea with his friends back home in San Jose, California. It wasn’t until Koum bought an iPhone in 2009 that he realized the potential of the newly launched app store and began working on an address book app. In 2007, he and Acton left the internet giant together, taking time off to travel and pursue their own endeavors. There, he was interviewed by Brian Acton, who would later become his friend and cofounder. Shortly after, he dropped out (yes, he’s another millionaire to be added to the list of college dropouts) and accepted a position with Yahoo! as a Infrastructure Engineer. At eighteen, he enrolled himself in programming classes at San Jose State University, while working as a security tester at Ernest Young. In 1992, he moved to Mountain View with his mother and grandmother. ![]() from a small village outside Kiev, Ukraine. ![]() In true American-Dream-Bootstrap-Fashion, Koum came to the U.S. More than 20 years later, the WhatsApp cofounder and CEO made a $19 billion dollar deal with Facebook near the same social welfare office in Mountain View, California where he stood in line more than once. with the help of government assistance, Jan Koum collected food stamps and swept grocery store floors to help keep the family afloat. When he and his mother first immigrated to the U.S.
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