Facebook and Whatsapp - they've always been friends!

This morning it was announced that Facebook has agreed to purchase Whatsapp for US $19 billion.Whatsapp is a popular, fast-growing mobile messaging platform and, with this agreement, becomes Facebook's largest ever acquisition - bigger than any previously made by Google, Apple or Microsoft.

Experts have commented on a variety of reasons that makes the acquisition unsurprising. For a different angle on the story, see this image from Prospect Visual that shows the relationships that exist between individuals at both companies.

It turns out that Facebook and Whatsapp have been friends for a long time...

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