| Name: | Jan Koum |
| Net Worth: | $13 billion |
| Source of Wealth: | |
| Born: | February 24, 1976 |
| Age: | |
| Country: | Ukraine/ USA |
| Girlfriend: | Evelina Mambetova |
| Children: | n/a |
| Residence: | Atherton, California, USA |
| Private Jet: | n/a: Net Jets |
| Yacht | Mogambo |
| Yacht (Support Vessel) | Power Play |
Jan Koum is a US-based billionaire, co-
He co-
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In 2014 Facebook paid $19.3 billion, a value which was created in just 5 years. Whatsapp had ‘just’ 400 million users. It was the largest acquisition of a venture-
Facebook paid $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares, and $3 billion in restricted stock units. These restricted stock units were granted to WhatsApp’s founders Koum and Acton. Koum remained WhatsApp’s CEO and became a member of Facebook’s board of directors. He left in 2018.
At the sale of WhatsApp, he received around $2 billion in cash and 76 million Facebook shares. Those shares alone are worth $17 billion. But he gave some away. Forbes estimates Koum net worth at $13 billion. He has donated more than $500 million to charity.
Koum owns a large collection of Porsche cars. The collection has more than 100 cars. He owes a lot to Porsche, with his desire to own one of the German sports cars, lighting a fire under his ambition in the early years of his career. “For me, a Porsche always represented the epitome of success,” he said. “And the desire to have a car like that was a key incentive to learn more and to work even harder.”
In early 2019 when he ran out of garage space, he auctioned 10 of his cars. A rare 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach was sold for US$ 1.5 million. A yellow 1993 Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.8 was sold for US$ 1.1 million.
He is a co-founder of the messenger app Whatsapp and sold the company to Facebook for $19 billion.
His net worth is $13 billion. When he sold Whatsapp he received $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares, and $3 billion in restricted stock units.
He owns 4 yachts: the Feadship yacht Moonrise, with her support vessel Nebula. And the Nobiskrug yacht MOGAMBO, and her support vessel Power Play.
His main residence is in Atherthon, California. The house includes a museum for his Porsche car collection. He also owns a $100 million mansion in Paradise Cove in Malibu.
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He owns several houses in the USA. But his main residence is said to be Atherthon in California. He bought several adjoining plots to create a very large residence. On one of the plots, he built a museum-like building to house his collection of rare Porsche cars. (See the photos down at this page).
He also bought a US$ 100 million mansion in Paradise Cove in Malibu.
He is the owner of the yacht Mogambo, support vessel Power Play and superyacht Moonrise and her support vessel Nebula.
We think he does not own a private jet. It seems he charters aircraft, with services as NetJets. Do you know more about a private jet owned by Koum? Please do send us a message. The photos hereunder are just samples of some of the most successful private jets on the market.
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