The application was founded in 2009 by the American Brian Acton and the Ukrainian Jan Kum, both of whom are former employees of the "Yahoo" site, and is based in Santa Clara, California, before it was acquired by Facebook for $ 19 billion in 2014.
Sannadkii 2009 ayaa Brian Action oo Maraykan ah iyo Jan Koum oo Yuhuudi Ukraine u dhashay ah labadoodubana hore uga shaqayn jireen shirkadda 'Yohoo' waxa ay aasaaseen adeegga 'WhatsApp' bishii Feebarweri ee 2014 kana shirkadda caanka ah ee Facebook ayaa iibsatay 'WhatsApp' oo ay siisatay lacag dhan 19 Bilyan oo doolarka Maraykanka ah.