WhatsApp founder Jan Koum goes from food stamps to $200 million donation

​WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum has donated $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. The Israeli hospital has said the donation, made by the Koum Family Foundation, is the largest single gift to any hospital in the country's history. The donation comes decades after Koum and his mother began their American journey, relying on government assistance and food stamps after moving to the US. This historic donation marks a major change in his financial journey from an immigrant teenager struggling to make ends meet to the co-founder of a company acquired for $19 billion by Facebook parent Meta.​According to a report by the Times of Jerusalem, Koum’s latest donation will fund the expansion of the medical centre, including a new 24-story building covering more than 1.5 million square feet, with new surgical and emergency care facilities.