Pavel Durov
$15.55B
as of 10/07/24
About Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is the founder and owner of messaging app Telegram, which has more than 700 million monthly active users worldwide.
Telegram, which is free to use, competes with messaging apps like Facebook's WhatsApp.
Durov left Russia after refusing to cooperate with the secret service and provide encrypted data of his first social network's users. Telegram was banned in Russia from 2018 to 2021.
Durov, who became a French citizen in 2021 but lives in Dubai, was arrested in France in August.
Durov, who has five children that he shares with two ex-girlfriends, recently claimed to have donated sperm that led to him fathering 100 children.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United Arab EmiratesSource of wealth
Messaging appResidence
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesMarital status
SingleBirth date
10/10/84 (age 39)Number of children
5Education
Master of Science, Saint Petersburg State UniversitySelf-made
self-madePavel Durov’s fortune is worth
259K
troy ounces of gold
239K
median U.S. household
155K
median U.S. income
0.311%
U.S. credit card volume
0.062%
GDP of the United States
0.046%
United States debt
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In 2018 Pavel, with his brother Nikolai, raised $1.7 billion from investors to create TON, a blockchain system; it was shut down after the SEC banned it.
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