Brian Acton

Brian Acton

entrepreneur

BIRTHDAY February 17, 1972
BIRTH SIGN Aquarius
BIRTHPLACE United States
AGE 53 years old
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ABOUT BRIAN ACTON

American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum . The company was acquired by Meta in February 2014 for $19 billion.

He received a full scholarship to study engineering at the University of Pennsylvania but left to study at Stanford University . He graduated in 1994 with a degree in computer science.

He was executive chairman of the Signal Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018.

He married Tegan Acton.

He and Elon Musk are both well-known entrepreneurs.