Brian Acton (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Brian Acton" in English language version.

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bizjournals.com

King, Danny (November 13, 2019). "Magnify Community Pledge calls on Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires to invest more of their philanthropic dollars back into the local community". Bizjournals. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
Stangel, Luke (September 13, 2017). "Billionaire WhatsApp cofounder is leaving Facebook to start a nonprofit". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

bloomberg.com

Zuckerberg Bonded With WhatsApp CEO Over Coffee and Dinners

businessinsider.com

Hoffower, Hillary. "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app — here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune". Business Insider. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
"WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app — here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune". Business Insider. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

businessinsider.in

Hoffower, Hillary (March 12, 2018). "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app - here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune". Business Insider.

ca.gov

businesssearch.sos.ca.gov

"Statement of Information". businesssearch.sos.ca.gov. California Secretary of State. August 28, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

cnbc.com

CNBC (September 13, 2017). "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company". CNBC. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

dirt.com

McClain, James (May 31, 2019). "WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Assembles an $86 Million Palo Alto Compound". Archived from the original on August 26, 2019.

forbes.com

"Brian Acton". Forbes. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
Parmy Olson (February 19, 2014). "Exclusive: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook's New $19 Billion Baby". Forbes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
Mac, Ryan (February 19, 2014). "WhatsApp Founders Become Billionaires In $19 Billion Facebook Deal". Forbes. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
Olson, Parmy. "Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind". Forbes. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
"WhatsApp Cofounder Promotes #deletefacebook Amid Cambridge Analytica Scandal", Kathleen Chaykowski, Forbes, March 21, 2018
Çam, Deniz. "These Are The Biggest Givers On The Forbes 400". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2020. Acton and his wife Tegan, on the other hand, have been expanding their philanthropic network, Wildcard Giving, which they founded in 2014 after Acton sold WhatsApp to Facebook. The couple has given away more than $1 billion to charitable causes.

indiatimes.com

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Gooptu, Biswarup (July 11, 2016). "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invests in Trak N Tell". The Economic Times. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

insidephilanthropy.com

"Brian and Tegan Acton". Retrieved June 19, 2018.

orlandosentinel.com

Burnett, Richard (February 25, 2015). "Billionaire-to-be Brian Acton got techstart at Lake Howell High". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

propublica.org

projects.propublica.org

"Signal Technology Foundation - Form 990 for period ending December 2018". Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

reuters.com

"WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company". Reuters. September 12, 2017.

signal.org

Marlinspike, Moxie; Acton, Brian (February 21, 2018). "Signal Foundation". Signal.org. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Marlinspike, Moxie (January 10, 2022). "New Year, New CEO". signal.org. Signal Foundation. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

signalfoundation.org

"Signal Foundation". signalfoundation.org. Retrieved October 24, 2020.

sunlightgiving.org

Brian Acton. "our story". Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

techcrunch.com

"WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is leaving to start a non-profit". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
Lomas, Natasha (September 27, 2018). "WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulators". Techcrunch. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
Lomas, Natasha (September 27, 2018). "WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulators". Techcrunch. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
"WhatsApp's Brian Acton to talk Signal Foundation and leaving Facebook at Disrupt SF". TechCrunch. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

theguardian.com

Wood, Zoe (February 20, 2014). "Facebook turned down WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton for job in 2009". The Guardian. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

theverge.com

Schiffer, Zoe (November 8, 2019). "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton still thinks you should delete Facebook". The Verge. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

time.com

Perrigo, Billy (September 25, 2020). "The Inside Story of How Signal Became the Private Messaging App for an Age of Fear and Distrust". TIME. Retrieved October 1, 2024.

web.archive.org

"Statement of Information". businesssearch.sos.ca.gov. California Secretary of State. August 28, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
Brian Acton. "our story". Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
McClain, James (May 31, 2019). "WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Assembles an $86 Million Palo Alto Compound". Archived from the original on August 26, 2019.

wildcardgiving.org

"Home | Wildcard Giving". wildcardgiving.org. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

wired.com

"WhatsApp Co-Founder Puts $50M Into Signal To Supercharge Encrypted Messaging". WIRED. Retrieved October 2, 2018.