# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-koum
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:09:19.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-koum"
name: "Jan Koum"
slug: "jan-koum"
description: "Jan Borysovych Koum is an American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of US$15.2 billion as of October 2023, making him one of the richest people in the world. Koum was ranked 44th on the Forbes' list of richest Americans in 2023 with a net worth of $15.1 billion."
tagline: "Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Koum_-_Whatsapp_-_4_Years_from_Now_(12791847664).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1976-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.19
  momentum:             11.86978145112299
  historical:           21.38442533333334
  currentAttention:     42.84787231685977
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jankoum"
    handle:    "jankoum"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jkoum/"
    handle:    "jkoum"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jan.koum"
    handle:    "jan.koum"
sources:
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    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Յան Կում"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
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    title: "Jan Koum"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ян Кум"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ജാൻ കോം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kum"
    title: "Jan Kum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Koum"
    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Koum"
    title: "Jan Koum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill