by Olivier Acuña Barba •Published: June 21, 2025•14:28•3 minutes read
Pavel Durov says in his eyes that all 100 children are the same | | Credit: Moscow Times
The founder of popular instant messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, has revealed plans to leave the entire fortune, estimated at $13.9 billion for 100 biological children.
“They are all my children and they will all have the same rights! I don’t want them to tear each other after my death,” said Durov, whose app is used by over a billion people around the world, I said French political magazine Le Point.
The founder of Telegram said he was the “official father” of six children of three different partners, but the clinic, which started donating sperm to help friends 15 years ago, said that over 100 babies in 12 countries became pregnant this way. ”
But he said in his eyes there was no difference between his 100 children. “I would like to specify that I don’t make any difference between my children. Some get pregnant naturally, and people who come from my donation of sperm have become pregnant.”
“My job involves risks.”
Durov, a 40-year-old Russian tech entrepreneur from Leningrad, has revealed over 30 years that wealth will become accessible to all his children.
“I have determined that my children will not have access to my property until 30 years have passed since today,” Doloff said. “I want them to be able to live like normal people, build themselves on their own, learn to trust themselves, and create rather than relying on a bank account.”
According to Bloomberg ReportDoloff is worth an estimated $13.9 billion, but he dismisses estimates such as “theoretical” and says, “I don’t sell telegrams, so that’s not a problem. I don’t have this money in my bank account. The liquid assets are much lower.
When asked why he decided to write his will, Durov, who lives in Dubai, said, “My job comes with risk. Defending freedom wins many enemies, including within the powerful state.
In 2024, Durov was arrested in Paris on numerous crime-related charges, including allegations that his platform had conspired to support money launderer, drug traffickers and those spreading child pornography.
“Operation Tactics”
He responded to those accusations and said, “Just because criminals use our messaging services among many others, it doesn’t mean that they run criminals.”
Earlier this year, Doloff defended Telegram’s record by tackling child abuse. Posts In X, “Since 2018, Telegram has fought child abuse in many ways. Content fingerprint vans, dedicated moderation teams, NGO hotlines, and daily transparency reports on prohibited content – all verifiable.”
“It’s an operational tactic that inadvertently implies that Telegram did nothing to remove child pornography.”
Telegram spokesman I said The BBC is the news that the app “has not been effective in spreading harmful content because it does not use algorithms to promote sensational material like it is used on other platforms.”
In the UK, the app was scrutinized to host a far-right channel that will help organize violent disorders in UK cities last summer.
Telegram has removed several groups, but overall, cybersecurity experts say that systems that mitigate extremists and illegal content are significantly weaker than systems in other social media companies and messenger apps.
All requests for violence have been removed
The app says it has “deleted all channels where shares were found to be shared due to violence,” denies that its moderation system is weaker than others.” “This is wrong,” the spokesperson said. “Telegram’s moderation meets or exceeds all industry standards.”
“Telegram blocks tens of thousands of groups and channels every day and removes millions of content that violates the Terms of Use, including inciting violence, sharing child abuse materials, and trading illegal products,” the app says. That website site.
