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Currently, Jan Koum is 48 years, 1 months and 26 days old. Jan Koum will celebrate 49rd birthday on a Monday 24th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Jan Koum upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Jan Koum |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Age | 48 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
Born | February 24, 1976 (Kiev, Ukraine) |
Birthday | February 24 |
Town/City | Kiev, Ukraine |
Nationality | Ukraine |
Jan Koum’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Jan Koum was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Ukraine-American developer who co-founded WhatsApp in 2009. In 2014 he entered the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated worth of over $7.2 billion.
He studied at San Jose State University, but left before graduation after being hired by Yahoo! as an infrastructure engineer.
In 2014 Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion.
He moved to America in 1992 with his mother and grandmother. His father planned to join them, but passed away in the Ukraine in 1997.
In 1996 he was a member of hacking group w00w00 with Napster founder Shawn Fanning.