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title: "Whatsapp Origin"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of WhatsApp and Its facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2839/whatsapp-origin  
category: "trending"  
tags: ["WhatsApp", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Whatsapp Origin

![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/e2ca6051-77b5-4d17-b8f7-e362ed1f8794.jpeg) ![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/c4bec70a-6257-409c-9a25-fe5549db5e56.jpeg) Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both former Yahoo! employees, founded WhatsApp in February 2009. ![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/209915c8-e2ec-408a-a6df-9e7be5d9351b.jpeg) Koum got the concept for WhatsApp after purchasing an iPhone in January 2009 and being fascinated by the App Store's possibilities. ![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/fc63d7d6-9fc4-4780-ad9b-54af4133d486.jpeg) He imagined an app that displays phone contact statuses while talking with Acton and brainstorming at Alex Fishman's house in West San Jose. ![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/3dfd8ba3-e9a9-4ce4-b02a-fda66d9b5361.jpeg) Fishman and Acton identified Igor Solomennikov, a Russian developer, as the ideal iPhone developer for further development. ![Whatsapp Origin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e7df4ae1-71c3-4d56-8c3e-ed41ff667398/images/aea0341f-ebc5-43b6-afd1-756d879ce039.jpeg) Solomennikov collaborated with Koum and Acton on WhatsApp's initial version, released in 2009, which gained popularity later.

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