Zuckerberg: WhatsApp Worth More than $16B — But ‘I Could Be Wrong’

‘I don’t think I am’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: WhatsApp Is Worth 'More Than $19 Billion' (Business Insider)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got on stage in Barcelona on Monday at the World Mobile Conference show and discussed why he paid so much for WhatsApp, the messaging app that Facebook just bought $19 billion.

The app fits into his master plan to bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the people in the world that don't have it.

He explained that WhatsApp already has almost half a billion users, its users "love it" for messaging and it is one of the "most engaging" apps, with 70% of its users using it every day.

 

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