Now Facebook is buying his company for $19bn.
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has more than one reason to feel a little smug today.
As well as selling his messaging app WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn, he can relish in the fact that the worldโs biggest social network turned him down for a job in the past.
@brianacton tweeted in August 2009: โFacebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to lifeโs next adventure.โ
Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to lifeโs next adventure.
โ Brian Acton (@brianacton) August 3, 2009
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That follows his rejection from Twitter just a few months before.
@brianacton tweeted in May 2009: โGot denied by Twitter HQ. Thatโs ok. Would have been a long commute.โ
Got denied by Twitter HQ. Thatโs ok. Would have been a long commute.
โ Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 23, 2009
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Acton founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum that same year.
His Twitter account is not officially verified by Twitter โ he hasnโt tweeted regularly since 2009 โ but it is widely believed to be his personal account.
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