FROM ZERO TO HERO : A STORY OF A REJECTED IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE WHO CREATED WHATSAPP

This guy made 7$ Billions out of nothing .!!

DO YOU KNOW HIS STUNNING STORY ?

- Jan Koum was raised in Ukraine .
- He came to USA as an immigrant when he was 16 years old with his parents in the early 1990s .
- His family struggled and lived on food stamps .
- He "barely graduated" from the high school in mission viejo, California .
- He went to study at San Jose state university but he "dropped out" .
- In 2009 his application to work at Facebook was rejected .
- That same year he founded and created "Whatsapp" application .
- This service app has amassed 450 Million users and increasing its user base as 1 Million people a day .
- In 2014 Facebook bought WHATSAPP for 19$ Billion and he will own 45% of WHATSAPP .
- His Net-worth by 2014 reached to 7$ Billion .

The lessons we learn here , that this man was an immigrant , or a refuge , and he is one of the most successful entrepreneurs.

So what will you do next time you're rejected !! 👊👊🔥🔥

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