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David Rosenthal: commitment

29 Jan 2020 Acquired WhatsApp

“We’ll do most of the deal in stock and you’re going to become a very large shareholder in Facebook, Jan, you personally, and we will make you a board member of Facebook.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
commitment
Recorded
29 Jan 2020
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
WhatsApp

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…It had been what? Two years since Instagram? Two years since Instagram at this point and it had really gone well. He said, “I really want this to be a partnership. We’ll do most of the deal in stock and you’re going to become a very large shareholder in Facebook, Jan, you personally, and we will make you a board member of Facebook. ” Which is I think one of six or seven at the time.…

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