Whatsapp co-founder, Brain Acton to leave company
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Wed, 13 Sep 2017 || Nigeria,
Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O), said on his facebook page that he will leave the messaging service company to start a new foundation.
Acton spent eight years with WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion in cash and stock.
A Stanford alumnus, Acton co-founded WhatsApp with Ukrainian immigrant, Jan Koum in 2009.
The duo worked at Yahoo before starting WhatsApp.
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