Jakarta - Feb Koum 'm excited . WhatsApp messaging service which he founded with his friend , Brian Acton , has been purchased at exorbitant prices by Facebook . WhatsApp sold USD 19 billion, or around Rp 209 trillion .
Struggle of zero has led to tremendous success . Now he is rich and incoming Board Facebook . Yes , Jan. Koum must laboriously before merengguk sweetness of glory .
Koum who is currently 38 years old , born and raised in a village in Ukraine , a country in Eastern Europe that currently beset the political tempest . His father was a construction manager and his mother did not work .
At that time , Ukraine was hit by political turmoil quite severe . Life is not easy for the family Koum , especially they are of Jewish descent .
Koum parents rarely use the phone for fear of being tapped and can be bad . Not much can be done at that time . Facilities in the village too sober .
" My school did not have a bathroom inside . Imagine cold winter in Ukraine , the weather is minus 20 degrees Celsius , the children had to queue outside to use the bathroom , " said Koum recalled .
In 1990 when Koum 16 years old , he and his mother immigrated to Mountain View , United States . The move is seen as the safest political turmoil and anti- Jewish movement in Ukraine bigger .
His father planned to follow soon , but unfortunately never accomplished . He died in 1997.
In the United States , the state of Koum and his mother is not necessarily better . They are still alive shortcomings . His mother worked as a babysitter and sometimes sweep Koum store to receive a reward .
So poor that they have to live with food subsidies . They live in an apartment with two bedrooms which also financed the U.S. government .
The ordeal comes back after Koum mother was diagnosed with cancer . The mother eventually died in 2000 .
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