Scoopfeeds — Intelligent news, curated.
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years
tech

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years

The Verge · Jun 22, 2026, 2:14 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Will Cathcart, who led Whats App for the past seven years, is stepping down from his role as Meta appoints a new leader. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that Kunal Shah, the founder of an Indian fintech startup called Cred, is taking over as the head of Whats App. Cred is an app that allows people to manage their bills and receive rewards for making payments through the platform. As part of Shah's appointment, Meta is investing $900 million into Cred, giving it a 20 percent stake in the startup, Bloomberg reports. Cathcart became the head of WhatsApp in 2019, and while at the helm, he oversaw some big changes, like … Read the full story at The Verge.

Article preview — originally published by The Verge. Full story at the source.
Read full story on The Verge → More top stories

Also covered by

Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from The Verge alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place. Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop