29 Quotes by Brian Acton

WhatsApp will bring Facebook another billion users. We will be a billion-user product. Whether there is a direct valuation or an indirect valuation, there is value, and Facebook understands that well.

There's a certain degree of speculation that goes into valuations. In so far as the market supports a valuation, everyone who gets a great one deserves it, but they should also be cautious because that speculation is temporary. I saw Yahoo go from $100 billion to $10 billion. It's not a long-term measure.

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.

Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life’s next adventure.

Close to the Edge by Yes. Such a fun tune to play on bass.

You never want to be in a position where you can't make payroll.

'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.

FreeBSD has a nicely tuned network stack and extremely good reliability.

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