The founders of WhatsApp They must think today that they are rats at Google. The Mountain View company tried to buy the popular messaging app for $ 10.000 billion. It is an incredibly high amount. 10 times more than what was paid for Instagram, but still less than what WhatsApp has cost Facebook.
It was not Facebook, obviously, the only one that had been interested in buying WhatsApp. In fact, we are probably looking at one of those companies that a lot of tech giants would have liked to acquire. Now we know that Google was one of those who wanted to buy WhatsApp, something that anyone could have deduced. What we did not know was the amount that the Mountain View company would have offered to acquire the messaging application.
Fortune says so, who also ensures that the information comes from two different sources, so it can be taken for granted that at least part of all this is true. The difference between what Google would have paid for WhatsApp and what Facebook has finally paid is truly remarkable. Although we do not know the conditions of the contract that Google proposed, there would be a difference of 9.000 million dollars if we take into account the other 3.000 million that Facebook will pay in the form of restricted shares in the next four years to the founders and employees of the company .
On the other hand, Jan Koum, the co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp, will occupy one of the chairs of the Facebook executive board, a condition that would not be contemplated in the purchase offer that those from Mountain View would have placed on the desk.
To all this, one thing should be added. Each month that passed, as well as each increase in the number of WhatsApp users, increased the value of the company, so the really decisive thing would be to know when Google's offer would have been made. And we say this because the rumors that once pointed out that those from Mountain View wanted to buy WhatsApp, back in April of last year, spoke of 1.000 million dollars, a figure much lower than what is now being considered. What seems clear is that the negotiation has been well managed by the WhatsApp entities, although the figures are so high that it is already possible to get an idea of the true value of a company.
if google had bought it, it would have been great, but facebook doesn't… it has too much private information and I don't like how it uses it
I am not saying that google does not have much, but from my point of view everything is better managed (FROM MY POINT OF VIEW)
Completely agree, also I always said and say that Google should and should buy Whatshapp, Blackberry (if it can) and Spotify (and not have sold Motorola)