WhatsApp founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum at their headquarters in Mountain View. (PHOTO CREDIT: Robert Gallagher for Forbes)
Facebook says it has wrapped up its landmark $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, a deal that was hashed out in Mark Zuckerberg’s house over the course of a few days in February and sealed over a bottle of Jonnie Walker scotch.
WhatsApp has continued to run its operation completely independently since then, but the closing of the deal marks the start of a gradual int
