WhatsApp Founders, Now Billionaires, Bonded Through Ultimate

February 20, 2014 by in Livewire, News

Great find from Sludge Brown: the WhatsApp founders, who just sold their company to Facebook for $19 billion yesterday, are avid ultimate players. In fact Jan Koum and Brian Acton became friends — and eventually business partners — through playing ultimate together.

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