What led WhatsApp's co-founder to leave Facebook last year, losing out on $850 million?

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left the messaging app last year, just before CEO Jan Koum followed suit. Acton's departure took place before his Facebook stock fully vested, costing him $850 million. But that kind of money apparently isn't enough to buy his conscience, especially since Facebook's $21 billion purchase of WhatsApp in 2014 made Acton a multi-billionaire.

Acton was reportedly upset that Facebook wanted to monetize WhatsApp's Status feature using targeted ads. That would mean turning over users' personal data to marketing firms, who use the information ...

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