The founder of the popular instant messenger WhatsApp leaves Facebook. This was reported in the Washington Post, and later Ian Kum himself wrote about his retirement on his personal page. In the Washington Post, the main reason for this decision is the inability of Jan Kum to come to terms with the weakening of data encryption and the collection of user data in WhatsApp.
Jan Kum became a billionaire when he and the second co-founder Brian Acton sold Facebook's WhatsApp messenger for $ 19 billion. It was in 2014, and since then, Ian Kum worked in Facebook and was responsible for WhatsApp. In addition, he took a seat on the Facebook board of directors.
At the moment it is known that Kum is leaving his post. Facebook did not comment on whether there will be a seat on the board of directors. It is worth noting that the news appeared just a few days before the start of the conference for developers F8, which is conducted by Facebook.
It is believed that Ian Kum could not reconcile with the weakening of the WhatsApp security, and this forced him to leave his post. At the moment he does not consider vacancies in other companies. The founder of WhatsApp will devote his time to the collection of rare Porsche cars and a game of ultimate frisbee.
In response to the farewell post of Jan Kuma, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote the following:
"I am grateful for all your efforts that helped to unite the world, and for everything you have taught me, including encryption, which is able to take power from centralized systems and return it to the people's hands. It will always be in the heart of WhatsApp. "
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