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WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum just sold $300 million worth of Facebook stock - but once he was living on food stamps

Nov 21, 2015, 02:55 IST

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WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum just disposed of a lot of Facebook stock.

Earlier this week, he sold shares amounting to nearly $300 million.

Although the sale wasn't discretionary and was just meant to pay off the taxes on stock Koum received after selling his company, that's a lot of money (and makes the ~$160 million Marc Andreessen just sold look like small potatoes). 

But it's even more interesting in light of Koum's rags-to-riches history. 

Here's how Koum got where he is today:

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