Jonathan Zarra
| Jonathan Zarra | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1988 United States |
| Residence | San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Gochat, The Bulbapedia App, Wiksi Apps |
Jonathan Zarra (born 1988) is the founder and former CEO of GoChat, a top geolocation based chat app for iOS and Android popularized by Pokemon GO, having millions of users. In the months following his departure from GoChat, Zarra then launched a mobile software platform called Wiksi Apps.
Career
GoChat
Zarra was the founder of GoChat. Despite the early success of GoChat, the app saw its fair share of struggles. Within days of its original release on Google Play and Apple's App Store, GoChat had already amassed millions of active users and was having trouble keeping its servers online.[1] After news of the app went viral, Zarra received many different investment opportunities before accepting funding from angel investor Michael Robertson (businessman).
Once funded, the app continued to grow to well over 2 million users within its first 2 weeks. Zarra later accepted an acquisition offer for the majority of the company's shares and stepped down as CEO and from the board of directors to pursue other projects.
Wiksi Apps
Zarra then launched The Bulbapedia App under his new mobile software platform "Wiksi Apps". It was the only app available for Bulbapedia, the online community driven Pokémon Encyclopedia. The app was so successful that within 3 days following its release, it was acquired by and made the official app of Bulbapedia.
References
- ↑ Newton, Casey (Jul 11, 2016). "This man's Pokémon Go chat app is so successful that it's driving him bankrupt".