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Telegram's Pavel Durov to Leave $17 Billion Fortune to Over 100 Children

  • Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram messaging app, claims to have fathered more than 100 children through sperm donation at a clinic over the past 15 years in addition to 6 others with 3 different partners.
  • Durov says all of his offspring, including the over 100 children conceived through sperm donation, will share his estimated $13.9 billion fortune.
  • Durov denies charges of failing to properly moderate Telegram to reduce criminality, stating "Just because criminals use our messaging service among many others doesn't make those who run it criminals.
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov wants to distribute his assets fairly, but this is likely to raise some practical questions.

·Munich, Germany
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The Telegram founder will take care of all his offspring. Some of them he conceived naturally, some with donated sperm.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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