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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WhatsApp

• 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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