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Brian Acton

1972 - Today

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Brian Acton (born 1972) is an American business executive and computer programmer serving as the executive chairperson of Signal Technology Foundation, which he co-founded with Moxie Marlinspike in 2018. Acton also serves as interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Signal Messenger LLC. He was formerly employed at Yahoo!. In 2009, Jan Koum and Acton co-founded WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for US$19 billion. Acton left WhatsApp in September 2017, to start the Signal Foundation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Brian Acton is the 193rd most popular computer scientist (down from 187th in 2024), the 12,657th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,548th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Brian Acton ranks 193 out of 245. Before him are Tim Paterson, Robert Tappan Morris, Geir Ivarsøy, Sugata Mitra, Gary McKinnon, and Maria Klawe. After him are Ralph Merkle, Gilles Brassard, Erich Gamma, Peter Norvig, Jon Hall, and Christian Engström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Brian Acton ranks 466. Before him are Melissa Ponzio, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Qu Yunxia, Marc Blucas, Hiroyuki Takei, and Jason Winston George. After him are Melissa Auf der Maur, Sammi Cheng, Frode Estil, Shan Sa, Kevin Ullyett, and Darius Kasparaitis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 12,661 out of 20,380. Before him are Morris Chestnut (1969), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Mike Bantom (1951), Ryan Tedder (1979), Sharon Lawrence (1961), and Shirley Clarke (1919). After him are Bobby Goldsboro (1941), Jackie Fields (1908), Michael T. Weiss (1962), Blake Shelton (1976), Hughie Thomasson (1952), and Steven Lindsey (1960).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Brian Acton ranks 107. Before him are Peter Shor (1959), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), Dave Cutler (1942), and Robert Tappan Morris (1965). After him are Ralph Merkle (1952), Jon Hall (1950), Craig Federighi (1969), Hans Reiser (1963), Phil Katz (1962), and Bram Cohen (1975).

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