Entrepreneur
Jan Koum
Co-founded WhatsApp after arriving from Ukraine on food stamps.
Jan Borysovych Koum is an American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of US$15.2 billion as of October 2023, making him one of the richest people in the world. Koum was ranked 44th on the Forbes' list of richest Americans in 2023 with a net worth of $15.1 billion.
- Born
- 1976-02-24, Kyiv, UkraineA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- Ukraine
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1976-02-24, Kyiv, Ukraine · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Kievthe zone used then
Europe/KievThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 4°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 0°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 9°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 5°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 21°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 23°17′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 26°57′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 7°03′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 13°51′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 11°15′ | Retrograde |
Jan Koum is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jan Koum was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.