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Facebook’s WhatsApp Purchase

Learn about Facebook's groundbreaking acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion, including details on the deal, the founders, and the impact on the messaging app market.

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Facebook’s WhatsApp Purchase

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  1. Facebook’s WhatsApp Purchase Kun-Mao Chao (趙坤茂) Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Taiwan University, Taiwan A note given in BCC class on Feb. 26, 2014

  2. A Big Deal(announced on February 19, 2014) • Facebook paid $16 billion to acquire WhatsApp. • the deal also includes $3 billion in restricted stock the founders and employees will receive, pushing the price tag up to $19 billion.

  3. WhatsApp • Instant messaging subscription service for smartphones. • Founded by Jan Koum in Feb. 2009. • It sounded like “what’s up.”

  4. Facebook’s IPO (Initial Public Offering)

  5. Facebook’s Stock Quotes (I)

  6. Facebook’s Stock Quotes (II)

  7. Facebook’s Stock Quotes (III)

  8. Facebook’s Revenues

  9. Facebook’s Active Users (I)

  10. Facebook’s Active Users (II)

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