WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years

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Will Cathcart, who led WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp.

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 …

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