10 Eylül 2015 Perşembe
Facebook Buys WHATSAPP For $19 Bn
The world's biggest social networking company Facebook has bought messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19bn (£11.4bn) in cash and shares. It is Facebook's biggest acquisition to date and bigger than any that Microsoft, Google or Apple have ever done. The purchase includes $12 billion in Facebook shares, $4 billion cash and an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to begranted to WhatsApp founders and employees that will vest over four years.
Whatsapp which allows people to send texts, audio and video over the Internet was founded five years ago by Jan Koum and Brian Acton and now has subscriber base of more than 450 million users. Mark Zuckerberg termed the services of Whatsapp as incredibly valuable. Whatsapp CEO, Jan Koum stated that the tie-up will give WhatsApp the flexibility to grow and expand.
Google's biggest deal was Motorola Mobility which stood at $12.5 billion, while Microsoft's largest was Skype at $8.5 billion. Apple has never done a deal above $1 billion. Facebook's previous biggest acquisition was Instagram, which it bought for $1bn in 2012.
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