Brian Acton Net Worth 2024: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

Brian Acton is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who founded the company, Signal Foundation along with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018 and is the executive chairman of the company.  He was also a part of the web-service provider, Yahoo!. Jan Koum and Acton jointly founded the mobile messaging application Whatsapp. He soon left Whatsapp in 2017 after Facebook took ownership of Whatsapp in February 2014.

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Early Life & Biography

Brian Acton was born on 17th February 1972 in Michigan. He never revealed his parents or siblings. The family moved to Central Florida, and Acton practically spent all of his childhood there. He went to Lake Howell High School. He was a very bright student, and he excelled in academics.

This was the reason why he got a full scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania for studying engineering. He later left the University of Pennsylvania and studied at Stanford. He majored in computer science and graduated in 1994 from Stanford University.

Personal Life

He tied the knot with Tegan Acton. They never shared details for their wedding or of their married life. Brian and Tegan are philanthropists and has done many deeds for society. The couple is responsible for the foundation of the charity for providing basic serviced to low-income families who have children age 0-5. They named the charity Sunlight Giving which was established in 2014. This foundation provides services such as safe spaces, food security, housing, and healthcare access. The couple also established, Acton Family Giving and Solidarity Giving in 2014.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 17 February 1972, Brian Acton is 52 years old as of today’s date 23rd April 2024. His height is 1.7 m tall, and his weight is 88 kg.

Career

His first job was at Rockwell International as a systems administrator. He was later appointed by Apple Inc. And Adobe Systems as their product tester. He was soon employed by Yahoo Inc. In 1996 and Jan Koum started working in Yahoo! In 1998. They worked together in Yahoo! For nine years. They left Yahoo! In September 2007, and went on a vacation to South America. After coming back from their vacation, they applied on Facebook, but both of them were rejected.

Kim came up with the idea of developing a messaging app when he realized that the App Store is ready to welcome more new apps. He talked with Acton and Alex Fishman, and they decided that they would name the app, Whatsapp and it will be a mobile messaging app. The app was launched on Feb 24, 2009, in California.

Facebook took ownership of Whatsapp for $19 billion, and Acton held over a 20% stake in Whatsapp. Acton again applied to work on Twitter and Facebook, but he was turned down. He left Whatsapp in September 2017 due to some dispute over the monetization of Whatsapp.

Acton invested $50 million in starting a new foundation called Signal Foundation. This foundation helped people to have access to private communication. He even started a “#DeleteFacebook” movement against Facebook around March 2018.

Awards & Achievements

Acton is named the 836^th richest person in the world by Forbes in 2019. He has been a part of many major social-media sites and is even the founder of the now popular messaging app, Whatsapp. He is also a founder of many charity works and recognizes himself as a philanthropist.

Net Worth & Salary of Brian Acton in 2024

With a net worth of $3 billion as of April 2024, Brian is the 836th richest person in the world. He has invested most of his money in his charities and for the welfare of society. He has earned this net worth by being a major part of many social media sites and because of his hard work.

Brian Acton is a very talented computer engineer who has worked with many big names of social media platforms. He has also founded many charities and is always seen helping the needy. He was also the co-founder of Whatsapp and is the 836th richest person in the world. He has achieved everything because of his intelligence and hard work.