# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/whatsapp-llc-q52410688/

U.S. founder reference library

# WhatsApp LLC

WhatsApp developers

## Company context

The public record describes WhatsApp LLC as WhatsApp developers. Its recorded founding year is 2009.

Public business description

WhatsApp developers

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2009

## Recorded founders

- [Jan Koum](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/jan-koum-q15737800/) · Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp
- [Brian Acton](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/brian-acton-q15778935/) · American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## More from the public record

These details describe the cited record as reviewed on October 9, 2026. They may describe an earlier period; they are not a current employment or operating-status check.

Recorded official name

WhatsApp Inc.; WhatsApp LLC · [View source field](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52410688#P1448)

## Understanding WhatsApp LLC in context

WhatsApp LLC is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “WhatsApp developers,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2009. The source links 2 people in this library to the founding team. Each has a separate profile, which makes it possible to follow the people behind the business without treating one founder as its sole owner.

The [company website listed in the source](https://www.whatsapp.com/about/) is the next place to research its current offering. Compare the company’s own description, its leadership information, and dated announcements with this reference record before drawing conclusions about today’s business. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.

## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q52410688](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52410688): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- [WhatsApp LLC website as listed in the public record](https://www.whatsapp.com/about/)

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