Pavel Durov
$15.55B
as of 07/05/24
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 he refused to cooperate with the Russian secret service and provide encrypted data of his first social network's users.
Durov, who became a French citizen in 2021, moved himself and Telegram to Dubai in 2017.
Since the Ukraine war began, Telegram has become a critical source of information, and plenty of disinformation too, related to the conflict.
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
2Education
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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Did you know?
Durov is known as Russia's Zuckerberg because he created Vkontakte, Russia's biggest social network, at age 22.
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