Jan Koum, founder and CEO of WhatsApp has announced today that the messaging service has reached 1 billion installs on Android, joining elite company. Other members of the club are Facebook and Google, that's it, with Google own Maps, Play Services, Google+ and Google Search each hitting the milestone individually.
Koum also noted that the team has just 5 members; "very small team, very big impact," says the executive.
Check the tweet here:
WhatsApp crossed 1B Android downloads. btw our android team is four people + Brian. very small team, very big impact. pic.twitter.com/sW4F9SlKKv
-- jan koum (@jankoum) March 11, 2015Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 11 Mar 2015 21:40
