Founder WhatsApp So 'New Rich People' in Billionaire List

Jakarta - Feb Koum and Brian Acton became OKB , aka the new rich in the Forbes list of billionaires . Increasing wealth is sourced WhatsApp duet founder of Facebook acquisitions over WhatsApp . Reported by Forbes , Wednesday ( 03/05/2014 ) , when the acquisition is completed later , Koum fortune estimated to be worth USD 6.8 billion, with approximately 45 % share holding in the company . While Acton reap its USD 3 billion by holding more than 20 % of the shares . Koum who served as CEO WhatsApp predicted even richer . At the age of 37 , he will immediately join the board of directors of Facebook when the deal is completed acquisitions . In addition , he continues his messaging service operations are independent . Other names included in the list of Forbes billionaires technology field is Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and co - founder Aneel Bhusri workday . Microsoft founder Bill Gates still dominates the row of the Forbes rich man with a total net worth of USD 76 billion . In addition , there is Oracle CEO Larry Ellison with a wealth of USD 48 billion and a duet Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin with USD 32.3 billion and USD 31.8 billion .

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