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He could have been filthy rich if he would have gone through the whole thing. He walked out on the deal early leaving a huge amount of money on the table becau
by rando444 8y ago
He could have been filthy rich if he would have gone through the whole thing.
He walked out on the deal early leaving a huge amount of money on the table because he disagreed with the direction Facebook was taking with whatsapp.
- rum3 8y ago> Acton told Forbes that he left over a dispute with Facebook regarding monetization of WhatsApp, and voluntarily left $850 million in unvested options on the table by leaving a few months before vesting was completed. (Source: Wikipedia) I am not even sure what this means but it does not change the fact that he co-founded whatsapp and he did sell it to Facebook in 2014 and it was very clear even back then that they had no good intentions. Also, he IS filthy rich even without these 850 million.