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		tomp on Dec 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York Magazine's Boy Genius Investor Made It Al... On the other hand, Facebook did buy WhatsApp for $18bn.

frakkingcylons on Dec 16, 2014 [–]

When they were bought, WhatsApp had hundreds of millions of users every month in parts of the world most companies barely reach.

This was a high school student supposedly beating the market to the tune of $72m during lunch period.

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