WhatsApp founder and CEO, Jan Koum, surprisingly chose to leave. Quoted from Gizmodo, Tuesday (01/05/2018), the reason Koum leave because he 'saturated' with the scandal abuse tens of millions of data users Facebook.
Koum's departure was also addressed by Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
He also commented on Koum post and thanked him.
"To be sure, I will miss working with you, I am grateful for all the hard work you have done, connecting the world, everything you have taught, including the encryption system, These values will continue to exist in the heart of WhatsApp," Zuck wrote karib greeted.
Sheryl Sandberg also reveals similar words Zuck. Not to forget, Sandberg said good-bye.
"Jan, your hard work for WhatsApp has managed to connect many people in the world, I'm glad to have worked with you, hopefully the best for you in the future," Sandberg said in a comment column posting Koum announcement.
The decision to leave WhatsApp was written through his official Facebook account some time ago. Koum did not hide that this decision was an emotional moment for him.
Moreover, he claimed to have been almost ten years on WhatsApp he founded with Brian Acton. The following is Koum's complete statement of his decision.
"Almost a decade, since I and Brian (Acton) started WhatsApp and it's a wonderful trip with the best people, but it's time for me to leave.
I feel fortunate to work with a great little team and see how so high focus can produce apps that people use around the world.
I go when WhatsApp is used on a scale never imagined before. This team is stronger than ever and will continue to do great things.
I decided to take a break to do things I love outside technology, like collecting rare Porsche air-cooled, fiddling with cars, and playing frisbee.
And, I'll still support WhatsApp - just from the outside. Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible. "
WhatsApp Purchased Facebook in 2014
Just a flashback, Acton and his colleague Jan Koum sell WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $ 22 billion
In this large corporate action deal, Acton pocketed US $ 3 billion (Rp 41 trillion) and then has a net worth value of US $ 5.5 billion, according to Forbes.
At the time of acquisition, Acton remained in WhatsApp for almost three years, until finally he came out of Facebook in September 2017.
After resign, it creates an encrypted instant messaging app called Signal. And in February, Acton set up a nonprofit Signal Foundation foundation as Executive Chairman and invested as much as US $ 50 million
Call Delete Facebook
Cases of abuse of Facebook user data does give a very risky impact for the company. The reason, many parties echoed the #deletefacebook tagar for fear it could be their personal data become the next victim.
Because of that, Facebook shares dropped 6.77 percent after the leak information circulated. In fact, the value of the company's valuation was down to US $ 36 billion as investor concerns over it.
Not up there, call #deletefacebook also made by WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton. This is clearly surprising, given WhatsApp is an instant messaging service owned by Facebook.
Reported by Market Watch, Wednesday (21/3/2018), Acton delivered the statement in his Twitter @ brianacton. "This is the time, #deletefacebook," chirping the man.
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