Acquisition closed
Meta acquires WhatsApp (2014)
Meta completed the acquisition of WhatsApp on 6 October 2014 for $19 billion.[1]
Facebook acquired WhatsApp for approximately $19 billion in cash and stock, the largest sum ever paid for a venture-backed company at the time. The European Commission cleared the deal in October 2014.
The Commission fined Facebook €110 million in 2017 for giving misleading information during that review about the ability to match user accounts between the two services.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- $19 billion (equity value)
- Buyer
- Meta
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
Who owns WhatsApp today?
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Facebook, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2014 — WhatsApp acquisition — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 29 January 2015; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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