Merger and Acquisition( Facebook and WhatsApp
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Facebook - WhatsApp Acquisition
Sayed Eqbal 12033
Jan KoumCEO of WhatsApp
Mark ZuckerbergCEO of Facebook
*Acquisition details*Date : 18th February 2014
*Acquirer company : Facebook
*Acquired company : Whatsapp
*Acquisition amount : $19 billion
It includes
- $ 4 billion in cash
- $ 12 billion worth of Facebook shares
- $ 3 billion in restricted stock units
Jan Koum to join board of directors of Facebook
WhatsAppFounded Feb 24 2009
Founder Jan Koum
Stable Release iOS – Version 2.11.7
Windows – 2.11.356.0
Blackberry – 2.11.529
Android – 2.11.152
Operating System iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia Series 40, Symbian, Windows, Nokia Asha
License Proprietary
Founded Feb 4 2004 , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United State.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes
Revenue US$7.872 Billion (2013)
Operating income US$2.804 Billion (2013)
Net incomeTotal Assets
US$1.5 Billion (2013)US$17.89 billion (2013)
Users 1.23 Billion (monthly active)
Why Acquisition• MAU (monthly active users) will ramp up to 1 billion by 2019
• Gives it additional leverage over Twitter in the battle for more direct messaging market share.
• WhatsApp’s function will make it a near-essential add-on to smartphones, and this—combined with smartphone user growth as well as user behaviour that’s shifting more and more towards mobie.
• This will help Facebook to diversify its revenue sources
away from the U.S.
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