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His Job Application was Rejected by Twitter and Facebook, this man created WhatsApp

Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp was formerly from Yahoo together with co-founder Jan Koum. After he left the purple giant, he tried looking a job but was sadly rejected by Facebook and Twitter. Despite the odds, he was still optimistic and looking forward to life’s next adventure.

Today he can hold his head high as WhatsApp is acquired by Facebook for a whopping US$16 billion. A true inspirational story of a guy that made a huge come back.

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