meet jan kourn. it was his experience growing up in communist ukraine that shaped his approach and appreciate communication that wasn't bugged. as a teenager, after arriving here in the u.s., he lived on food stamps, but he wanted to stay in touch with family back in ukraine and russia. that was the motivation to build this messaging service. overnight he is now in the neighborhood of some $8 billion. his partner, brian acton, was employee number 44 at yahoo! where he worked on advertising, shopping, and travel. acton tweeted in 2009 that facebook turned him down for a job. so he went on to co-found whatsapp. another big winner in this deal, jim getts of sequoia capital. could be worth an estimated $3 billion. and for a group of guys that built a messaging app, we can tell you it's hard to track them down. guys, back to you. >> all right, josh. thank you very much. so imagine this. you're watching "shark tank." it's "shark tank" tuesday on cnbc. the whatsapp deal happens on "shark tank." the guys com