There were a lot of negatives, of course, but there were positives to living a life unfettered by possessions. It gave us the chance to focus on education, which was very important in the Soviet Union. Jan Koum chanceeducationfocus 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
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
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
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
At WhatsApp, our engineers spend all their time fixing bugs, adding new features and ironing out all the little intricacies in our task of bringing rich, affordable, reliable messaging to every phone in the world. That's our product, and that's our passion. Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it. Jan Koum addaffordablebring share on social
Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and freedom of speech. Jan Koum countrydemocracyeavesdrop Change image and share on social