Chapter 447 447 Acquisition of US WeChat WhatsApp! Crazy injection!

  In Lanai for another day and a half, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey all left Wang Guanxi.

  Then Wang Guanxi asked the ‘Crown’ to send the three to the Hawaii International Hotel in Haw Fragrant Hill.

  The three of them flew to California overnight after having dinner.

  Silicon Valley Bank’s CEO Greg Becker said: “Boss, will the three of them have a deadlock in the company in the future?”

  Wang Guanxi said indifferently: “As long as the company continues to operate in accordance with the current way of operation, I don’t care who is in charge of the company.”

Luo Baowen also said: “The three of them started their business because they wanted to make money. Now Twitter is in a period of rapid development. They will unite as never before to make Twitter bigger. Once the Twitter company matures, they will definitely conflict. It's noisy."

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "The control of the company is in our hands. If it doesn't work, we can hire professional managers in the future. I believe that with our support, Twitter will soon enter a stage of rapid development, etc. When the company goes public, their founders may not be suitable to serve as the company’s CEO. It might be better to switch to a professional manager."

  In the future, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey are indeed breaking up, and the CEO is also changing, but it will not affect the operation of the Twitter company.

  Luo Baowen nodded: “This is indeed the case. If the Twitter company goes public, it might be better to change to a professional manager”

  Greg Becker: “If Twitter is listed in the future, the market value will be at least 5 billion US dollars, and the return rate of more than ten times is also very high.”

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: “After Twitter is listed, our return rate is far more than 10 times, and hundreds of times are possible.”

After the listing of the company, the stock price has gone through several twists and turns, and the market value is as high as 60 billion U.S. dollars. Wang Guanxi invested 330 million U.S. dollars. In the future, he will control 50% of the equity, worth 30 billion U.S. dollars, and nearly 100 times the return. This is also a very high investment. Paid off.

  There is a high probability of losing money in venture capital, but if the company successfully goes public, the rate of return is terribly high.

  Especially the rate of return of technology companies. Once the initial investors are approved, such as Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tesla, Uber. After the listing of these technology companies, the future market value will be frighteningly high.

  Invest a small amount of money in the early stage to get a huge return.

  Just like Sequoia Capital invested in WhatsApp, 60 million US dollars, a return of 3 billion US dollars, a return rate of up to 50 times.

  But now WhatsApp was only founded in February of this year. The product has not been released yet, and when the product was first released, there was no response. Today, there is only one employee, the founder, Jane Kum.

  This Jane Combe used to be an engineer at Yahoo, went to Facebook for an interview, and was rejected.

  Rejected by Facebook also made him, and soon, he founded the WhatsApp company himself and began to write code.

  But the first product released, no one cares about it.

  Until June 2009, Apple mobile phones launched a message push function, through this function, even if the user does not open the application, developers can send them messages.

  He just started to counterattack all the way.

  On February 19, 2014, social networking giant Facebook will acquire WhatsApp for approximately US$19 billion.

  Now the company is his alone, Wang Guanxi plans to inject capital.

  Thinking of this, Wang Guanxi said: "April 8, let’s go to California."

   "By the way, contact the founder of WhatsApp. I plan to buy his company at a high price and hire him as the CEO with a high salary."

Greg Becker was taken aback. This Jane Combe had worked for Yahoo for 9 years. He was unremarkable. Then he went to Facebook for an interview, but was relentlessly rejected by Facebook. Now he came out and founded the company by himself. Is this really good? ?

   is just a code farmer who has been working at Yahoo for 9 years and can’t get mixed up. The WhatsApp company he founded is currently alone. The company’s address is in his rented house, which is in dilapidated condition.

   Then he asked: "Boss, is this Jane Combe really good?"

  Wang Guanxi said: "Don't underestimate any code farmer who can innovate. The WhatsApp created by it is the most potential chat software in the future. Please contact him."

   "Yes, BOSS!" Greg Becker called quickly and asked his subordinates to contact him.

  Then he left Lanai Island, returned to Haw Fragrant Hill, and then returned to San Francisco by plane from Haw Fragrant Hill.

  The horses went busy, while Wang Guanxi, Luo Baowen, Zhang Xiaolei, Jennifer Lawrence, and Ford Ingrid went to the beach together.

  The mint-green clear water in front of you, the white and sparkling white sand beach under the sun, the passionate hula dance and the undulating volcanoes. . .

  Fantastic scenery of Lopu Bay, and there are often dolphins whirling in the sea···

  Wang Guanxi and Jennifer Lawrence, Ford Ingrid, Luo Baowen, and Zhang Xiaolei watched the beautiful sunset together, indulging in the memories.

  During my vacation in Hawaii, everyone’s relationship has deepened a lot.

  On April 8, everyone boarded the "Crown" and prepared to fly to San Francisco, California.

Before taking off, Luo Baowen said: "BOSS, Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker has contacted the founder of WhatsApp, Jane Combe. At present, Jane Combe has agreed to our acquisition of WhatsApp, and he has also contacted My former good friend Brian Acton!"

  WhatsApp has two founders, one is Jane Combe, and the other is Brian Acton.

  Brian Acton, like Jane Combe, went to Facebook and was rejected by Facebook.

Then Brian Acton joined his good friend company's WhatsApp company in September 2009. In October 2009, he also asked Yahoo colleagues to invest and raised $250,000 in seed investment, which also established himself. As a joint partner, he holds a 20% stake in WhatsApp.

  After the WhatsApp company was acquired by Facebook for a sky-high price of 19 billion US dollars, Brian Acton, like Jane Combe, counterattacked from hanging silk to become a rich man.

  But now Brian Acton and Jane Combe are still poor.

  Thinking of this, Wang Guanxi said: "Very well, let them have dinner in San Francisco tonight."

   "Okay, BOSS!" Luo Baowen quickly called to make arrangements.

  Then the plane took off and flew to San Francisco, California.

  A few hours later, California’s Silicon Valley.

  Silicon Valley is located to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area in the metropolitan area. It is another name for the Santa Clara Valley where high-tech businesses gather.

  Silicon Valley was the first place to research and produce silicon-based semiconductor chips, hence the name.

At present, Silicon Valley is the kingdom of the electronics industry and the computer industry. Although the United States and other high-tech areas in the world are constantly developing and expanding, Silicon Valley is still the pioneer and center of world high-tech innovation and development. Venture capital in this region accounts for the entire US venture capital. For one-third of the total, Silicon Valley’s computer companies have grown to about 1,500.

  A century ago, there was still an orchard here, but since the headquarters of high-tech companies such as Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Yahoo settled here, many prosperous towns have appeared.

  In just a few decades, Silicon Valley has emerged from a large number of tech rich.

  At this moment, three men are standing in front of the Silicon Valley Bank Building.

  Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, Jane Combe, founder of WhatsApp, and Brian Acton.

  Jane Combe and Brian Acton used to work for Yahoo, and then became good friends. They went to Facebook for interviews and were rejected.

  Jane Combe now created the WhatsApp company, and Brian Acton is looking for a job.

   Suddenly won the favor of Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker. He came to the door to buy the company at a high price. At the same time, he hired them at a high salary. The salary is higher than that of Yahoo. Tonight, I will take them to meet the big shots. It is hard to imagine.

  Life is really lucky.

  The CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, Greg Becker, did not like these two people in his heart, because the performance of these two people is really lacking, and the interview with Facebook was rejected.

  But Greg Becker said, "Jane Combe and Brian Acton, you can change into formal clothes. Don't dress so casually."

"OK"

  "Ok, OK"

  Jane Combe and Brian Acton looked a little embarrassed, so they went to buy a new suit nearby, repaired the margins, and got into the Silicon Valley Bank car.

   Then set off.

  Soon came to San Francisco’s International Airport.

  This time I came here specifically to pick up the airport.

  Watching a huge private plane land, Greg Becker shouted: "You are my boss’s private plane, which sells for 500 million US dollars."

  Jane Combe and Brian Acton were shocked at once, took a few breaths, their chests undulating.

  This is a rich man who can make a private jet of 500 million US dollars. That is definitely an existence worth tens of billions of dollars.

  Thinking of having dinner with such a character tonight, the two are nervous and excited.

   Soon the two of them saw Wang Guanxi and were shocked again!

  The super-rich, worth tens of billions of dollars, is so young?

   is simply incredible!

  "Hello, Mr. Wang, my name is Jane Combe"

  "Hello, my name is Brian Acton"

  The two are particularly nervous.

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said, "You two don’t need to be nervous. I am very interested in the products designed by WhatsApp, so I have a special talk with you."

  The two adjusted their emotions, but they were still very nervous.

  Then everyone went to a nearby hotel and had dinner together.

At dinner, Wang Guanxi didn’t turn around and said, “Jane Combe, Mr. Brian Acton, I plan to start a social software company and build a social giant, and I just like your WhatsApp company. I think you The product designed by the company is quite creative. I plan to buy it and inject hundreds of millions of dollars. At the same time, I will hire you to become senior engineers and concurrently serve as the CEO of the company."

  Brian Acton said: "Mr. Wang, I have no problem. I am now looking for a company. If you hire me with a high salary, I will definitely not let you down."

WhatsApp was founded by his good friend Jane Combe. After his interview was rejected by Facebook, he worked early, and Jane Combe asked him to work together. He is still thinking about it. Now there is no need to think about it. The rich man took a fancy to the idea of ​​WhatsApp and plans to inject hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new type of social giant. He is very excited and certainly hopes to join.

  Jane Kum said: “Mr. Wang, I’m still in the development stage of WhatsApp’s products, and I don’t know if anyone is paying attention after it’s released.”

Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "I admire your creative ideas, so you can develop according to the existing ideas. I will invest a lot of money to build a team of engineers for you, let them all listen to your instructions and develop real ideas. I hope to reposition WhatsApp as a full-featured cross-platform chat application, not only can directly use the mobile phone address book as a "pre-built social network, but also directly log in with a mobile phone number"

  Jane Combe thought for a while and said: "Mr. Wang, I want to sell it for $1.5 million, and I want to buy a house in California."

Wang Guanxi said indifferently: "I will buy you a $3 million villa and give you an annual salary of $1 million at the same time. You can design a product within 6 months with a team of engineers according to my requirements. After 6 months, it succeeded. Your salary doubled. Don't worry, I will invest heavily in promoting WhatsApp products."

  "You are the founders, just serve as the CEO. I will appoint directors, financial officers, and marketing and business experts to help you."

   "The more WhatsApp users, the larger the scale, the higher your salary."

  Jane Combe was excited, but he was in a desperate situation. The interview was interviewed by an engineer from Facebook with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan, and he was rejected.

  Now the annual salary is 1.5 million US dollars, and it will double in the future, which is incredible.

  Jane Koom was born in a small village outside Kiev, Ukraine, and is the only child in the family.

  My father, who was a construction manager, did not improve his life much. It was common to have no water or electricity in childhood, and it was a luxury to make phone calls.

  When I immigrated to the U.S. with my mother at the age of 16, they were both penniless, and my mother’s suitcase was filled with pens and notebooks rationed by the Soviet Union—because I was worried that I could not afford American stationery. In order to fill her stomach, she took a job as a nanny, and Qom mopped the floor of a grocery store.

  After the mother was diagnosed with cancer, the whole family lived on her disability allowance.

  I am really scared of poverty.

  The annual salary is now 1.5 million US dollars, and it will continue to double in the future.

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  Brian Acton was also out of excitement. He didn't expect that he could get such a high annual salary. His affection for Yahoo! and Facebook are superficial companies, and his gold will shine.

  The two have no reason not to agree to Wang Guanxi’s generous terms.

  But Jane Combe gritted his teeth and asked: "Mr. Wang, can we ask for some equity?"

Wang Guanxi thought for a while and said: "Then I will complete the acquisition and inject capital again. WhatsApp is designed as AB shares, and the shareholding structure is confidential. I inject 100 million US dollars and give you 10% of the equity dividend. If you leave the company, these 10% equity The dividend will be taken back, how?"

  The two were overjoyed and quickly agreed.

  The following day, on April 9, Wang Guanxi’s Wang Venture Capital Foundation acquired WhatsApp for US$1.5 million and invested US$168.5 million.

  Used $500,000 to purchase two more cars, which were allocated to the two co-founders.

  Wang Guanxi is now eager to develop WhatsApp products. In the future, there will be a price war between Google and Facebook for WhatsApp. At the end of 2012, the initial bid was only US$250 million. By July 2013, the price was US$19 billion.

  Wang Guanxi immediately recruited a team of engineers.

  (End of this chapter)