Facebook Acquires WhatsApp For $19 Billion And Why?
Facebook acquired Popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock. $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook stock and $3 billion in restricted shares. Jan Koum founder of WhatsApp will be joining as Facebook’s board of directors. WhatsApp 5 year old company with 50 employees made the company excellent growth. Now the 50 employees worth $380 million per person by the startup venture.




