This Man Grew Up on Food Stamps, Now He’s Worth $16 Billion

Jan Koum is a Ukrainian-American computer programmer and billionaire. Koum was born on February 24, 1976, in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was the only child of a construction manager and housewife. Growing up in poverty, his childhood home didn’t have hot water, and his family was resistant to talk on the phone, in fear of it […]

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