>...it was very under the radar in the US until Facebook paid what seemed like an ungodly sum ($12bn) at the time. Facebook paid a lot more than 12 billion: >

>...it was very under the radar in the US until Facebook paid what seemed like an ungodly sum ($12bn) at the time. Facebook paid a lot more than 12 billion: >...When Facebook announced its plans to acquire WhatsApp in February 2014, WhatsApp's founders attached a purchase price of $16 billion: $4 billion in cash and $12 billion remaining in Facebook shares. This price tag is dwarfed by the actual price Facebook paid: $21.8 billion, or $55 per user. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032515/whatsapp-best-facebook-purchase-ever.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032515/whats...