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Telegram founder Pavel Durov to leave $13.9 billion fortune to over 100 children he claims his own

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has announced he will leave his entire $13.9 billion fortune to more than 100 children he claims as his own.

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

WASHINGTON: Speaking to France’s Le Point magazine in an interview cited by Bloomberg, the 40-year-old tech mogul disclosed his radical legacy plan, which includes over 100 heirs. Durov confirmed he is the biological father of six children through three different partners, but added that for the past 15 years, he has been donating sperm, resulting in the birth of dozens more.

“I make no difference between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations,” Durov stated, asserting that all will have equal rights to his estate.

However, there’s a significant catch: the inheritance will be locked for 30 years. “I wrote my will very recently,” he said. “I decided that my children would not have access to my fortune until a period of thirty years has elapsed, starting from today.”

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