Mark Zuckerberg is now the official owner of WhatsApp and he explains his distinct visions for WhatsApp Messenger
WhatsApp user? Your favourite chat app is now officially the property of Facebook,
which completed its aquisition today.Facebook announced in February that
it would be snapping up WhatsApp for a cool $19 billion, and today it officially
closed the deal with the SEC, just hours after it was given the go-ahead by the
European Commission.That sum has been pushed up to $21.8 billion, but as Recode
points out, that's due to Facebook's stock rising over the last few months.
With the deal now official WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has joined the Facebook
board, though the specifics of his role are currently unknown.
We're all curious to see if and how Facebook will play around with
WhatsApp, but we expect it won't meddle much for the time being.
Zuckerberg promised that, as with Oculus, WhatsApp will continue
to operate largely independently
which completed its aquisition today.Facebook announced in February that
it would be snapping up WhatsApp for a cool $19 billion, and today it officially
closed the deal with the SEC, just hours after it was given the go-ahead by the
European Commission.That sum has been pushed up to $21.8 billion, but as Recode
points out, that's due to Facebook's stock rising over the last few months.
With the deal now official WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has joined the Facebook
board, though the specifics of his role are currently unknown.
We're all curious to see if and how Facebook will play around with
WhatsApp, but we expect it won't meddle much for the time being.
Zuckerberg promised that, as with Oculus, WhatsApp will continue
to operate largely independently
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