Facebook wasn't the only company looking to buy WhatsApp. Google apparently offered to buy the company for $10 billion, reports Fortune.
$10 billion. Two separate sources have told me that's how much Google (GOOG) offered to purchase WhatsApp. The bid did not come with promise of a board seat, unlike the Facebook agreement.
Of course, WhatsApp managed to obtain a much higher amount from Facebook who paid $16 billion plus $3 billion in RSUs. Viber, another popular instant messaging app, recently sold to Rakuten Inc for $900 million.
You can download WhatsApp Messenger from the App Store for free.
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JoshvanHulst - February 23, 2014 at 8:49pm
And they already snagged Waze app. Why do they need to purchase WhatsApp?
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justabrake - February 21, 2014 at 10:33am
One day he was collecting welfare funds and now he's sitting on the board and a billionaire !
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