facebook’s whatsapp purchase
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Facebook’s WhatsApp Purchase
Kun-Mao Chao (趙坤茂 )Department of Computer Science and
Information EngineeringNational Taiwan University, Taiwan
A note given in BCC class on Feb. 26, 2014
A Big Deal(announced on February 19, 2014)
• Facebook paid $16 billion to acquire WhatsApp.– the deal also includes $3 billion in restricted
stock the founders and employees will receive, pushing the price tag up to $19 billion.
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• Instant messaging subscription service for smartphones.
• Founded by Jan Koum in Feb. 2009.
• It sounded like “what’s up.”
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Facebook’s IPO (Initial Public Offering)
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Facebook’s Stock Quotes (I)
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Facebook’s Stock Quotes (II)
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Facebook’s Stock Quotes (III)
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Facebook’s Revenues
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Facebook’s Active Users (I)
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Facebook’s Active Users (II)
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