It's important for people to have freedom to use whatever product they want. We have no problems with other people using other apps, so long as they keep using 'WhatsApp'. Jan Koum appfreedomimportant Change image and share on social
Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid. Jan Koum bollywooddancerdisco Change image and share on social
Everybody I meet who uses 'WhatsApp', I ask them a question: 'How did you hear about it?' And they say, 'My friends, my sister or my brother, somebody I know hounded me to install WhatsApp.' We think there is more power to the network when it grows organically. Jan Koum brotherfriendgrow share on social
When I was a kid trying to communicate with family in the Soviet Union, it was very difficult. You had to go through the long-distance phone companies like MCI, which were difficult to navigate and expensive to make calls through. Jan Koum callcommunicatecompany share on social
We're not interested in bombarding our users with, 'Hey, play this game, play this game, play this game.' It gets annoying, it gets in the way of messaging, and it gets in the way of staying in touch with people who are important to you. Jan Koum annoybombardgame share on social
Everybody who wants to join 'WhatsApp', we'll go out of our way to build a really awesome client for them. Jan Koum awesomebuildclient Change image and share on social
In some ways, you can think of end-to-end encryption as honoring what the past looked like. Jan Koum encryptionendhonor Change image and share on social
Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human. Jan Koum communicationcorehuman Change image and share on social
No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow. Jan Koum advertiseexcitesleep Change image and share on social
WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. Jan Koum capabilitydriveengagement Change image and share on social
