What makes our product work is the way we're tightly focused on messaging and being an SMS replacement. — Jan Koum Being Copy Share Image
We're somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to… — Jan Koum Checks and balances Copy Share Image
There were a lot of negatives, of course, but there were positives to living a life unfettered by possessions. It gave us… — Jan Koum Chance Copy Share Image
A lot of what I experienced growing up in the U.S.S.R. and coming to the U.S. as an immigrant actually reflects itself… — Jan Koum Actually Copy Share Image
I didnt have a computer until I was 19 - but I did have an abacus. — Jan Koum Abacus Copy Share Image
I grew up in Russia. We had a telephone line, but a load of our neighbours didn't. It became a shared resource… — Jan Koum Another Copy Share Image
I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried… — Jan Koum Change Copy Share Image
As long as our user base continues to grow, at some point it will have critical mass, and at some point it… — Jan Koum Friends Copy Share Image
We want to do one thing and do it really well. For us, that's communications between people who are friends and relatives. — Jan Koum Communication Copy Share Image
Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a… — Jan Koum Communication Copy Share Image
I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. — Jan Koum Cinema Copy Share Image
If you look at firms like General Electric or other large companies, they don't just do one thing; they do many different… — Jan Koum Business Copy Share Image
Our focus remains on delivering the promise of WhatsApp far and wide so that people around the world have the freedom to… — Jan Koum Around the world Copy Share Image
Our phones are so intimately connected to us, to our lives. Putting advertising on a device like that is a bad idea.… — Jan Koum Ads Copy Share Image
Users get unlimited 'WhatsApp'. We get happy users who don't have to worry about data. Carriers get people willing to sign up… — Jan Koum Data Copy Share Image
Our team has always believed that neither cost and distance should ever prevent people from connecting with their friends and loved ones,… — Jan Koum Distance Copy Share Image
