Brian Acton

My DNA is building a product and a service. ”

Building secure products actually makes for a safer world; many people in law enforcement may not agree with that. ”

Going public is 18-month process, while an acquisition is a 6-month process. Going public means going under so much scrutiny, regulatory approval, auditing, magnified 10 times. Having the stomach to do that isn't necessarily in my DNA. My DNA is building a product and a service. ”

I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders and follow their lead. ”

Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn't have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes of communication. Commingling them can come with risk and peril. ”

You have a certain identity that you present to the world on Facebook, and you have a certain identity that you present with the telephone, and they are different. ”

People want chat histories. They're a permanent testimony of a relationship. ”

When I joined 'WhatsApp,' I was 38 years old. Opportunity is available to us in all walks of life and at all ages. ”

WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field. For example, in Europe, if France wants to talk to Belgium, it's extraordinary costly because of border and telecom charges. ”

I myself saw Yahoo become a $100 billion company and then become a $10 billion company, so you always have to look at valuations with a grain of salt and understand it is a point-in-time measure. ”