"I did not even have the money for a sandwich"

In a suburb of Kiev, during the Communist dictatorship, a child lives with parents and grandmother. The economic situation is serious: running water is lacking and food is scarce. They decide to emigrate to the US, while their father stays in Kiev to work.

In California, they live in a miserable two-room apartment and find a canteen for the homeless to eat. The little boy finds a job in a supermarket.

With the money he earns he buys a flight to finally see his father again, but receives a sudden call: his father is dead.

The news devastates it, risks falling into depression: "MY LIFE SUCKS, EVERYTHING GOES WRONG!"

But there is a fire that burns within him. He wants to redeem a wretched life. It makes no sense to cry on yourself for the rest of the day.

From self-taught IT manuals and learn to program. He manages to hire Yahoo, thanks to his friend Brian Acton. After a few years the two friends try to get into Facebook but are immediately discarded.

After buying an iPhone, the guy observes the App Store and understands that the application market is the future. He just has to find the right idea. With the help of his usual friend Brian, he creates an application. "Carina the app, but you can make us a few DOLLARS?", Often ask friends and acquaintances.

"WE WILL DO MILLIONS".

They were wrong, they will do BILLIONS.

The story has changed, this time it is Mark Zuckerberg who is knocking on their door. He wants to buy their App and puts 19 billion green bills on the table. Done deal.

Jan Koum had nothing in his life, not even water at home. But he never gave up on his destiny, he fought. Today it has assets of about 10 billion dollars.

Every day, over one billion people worldwide use their app: "WHATSAPP".