Before Jan Koum became the tech visionary behind WhatsApp, his life was marked by upheaval, grit, and quiet determination. At 16, Jan and his mother emigrated from a small village near Kyiv, Ukraine, to the United States, fleeing political instability and economic hardship. They settled in a modest apartment in Mountain View, California—a far cry from the privileges many future tech founders enjoyed. Jan’s father had passed away years earlier, leaving his mother to shoulder the burden alone. She
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