If you look closely at how the founders exited facebook, and what was said at the time, it seemed (to me at least) that they left over exactly this.
I mean, that aside, can you really come up with many other operational arguments that would result in people walking a way from hundreds of millions of dollars? (or by some estimates leaving over a billion dollars on the table between the two of them)
You haven't bothered to read the source, haven't bothered to understand what the context is, and haven't even bothered to see that there is no mention of WhatsApp in the talk.
Ducking tired of click bait and people who ducking reward it.
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It took my brain a few tries to parse the word duck in this context.
There's plenty of arguments:
- Wanting to do something new without the constraints of Facebook owning all the IP by default
- Not particularly liking the work environment and being independently wealthy enough not to have to put up with it
- Health problems from stress - money doesn't compensate for bad health
People walk away from huge piles of unvested equity every day of the week.