WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app - here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune
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WhatsApp co-founders, Brian Acton and Jan Koum, became billionaires when Facebook bought the messaging app.
Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, has always known how to make strides in Silicon Valley.
Most recently, he injected $50 million of his own money into encrypted chat app Signal, helping launch the Signal Foundation.That's a long ways away from his Yahoo days.
Acton and his WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, started the company after leaving Yahoo, and it has since become one of the most popular mobile messaging apps in the world. In 2014, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion - and Acton received about $3 billion from the sale.Acton keeps a low profile in Silicon Valley. While not much is known about how he spends his money in his personal life, it is clear that the Stanford alum has a penchant for investments and philanthropy.
Scroll through to see how he shares his billions.Source: Forbes
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