WhatsApp Rejected $10 Billion Bid From Google
Of further note, The Information also said that Google had actually previously approached WhatsApp with a financial offer of some kind just for the right to be notified if and when WhatsApp ever considered acquisitions from other companies--an offer worth millions that WhatsApp turned down.
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Eleven days later, according to the site’s source, WhatsApp and Facebook announced their blockbuster deal.
It’s worth noting that Google’s $10 billion offer did not include a seat on its board, which may have influenced the WhatsApp leadership to take the more lucrative (both financially and in terms of power) deal from Facebook.