Pavel Durov built Telegram into a global messaging empire. Now he’s building something else. A legacy. Not through a foundation. Not through a trust. Through blood. The 40-year-old tech billionaire has confirmed he will leave his entire fortune, estimated at $17.1 billion, to his 106 children. That number is not a typo. It includes six born naturally and over 100 conceived through anonymous sperm donations across a dozen countries.
Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov is offering his sperm for free to 106 women. He plans to donate his $25 billion fortune to his 106 offspring.
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The announcement came during an interview with France’s Le Point magazine. Durov made it clear. Every child, regardless of how they were conceived, will receive an equal share. No hierarchy. No favorites. No distinction between the ones born in his home and the ones born through clinics. “They are all my children and will all have the same rights,” he said.
But there’s a catch. None of them will see a dime until June 19, 2055. That’s thirty years from the date of the interview. The delay is intentional. Durov wants them to grow up without the weight of wealth. “I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create,” he explained. The money will wait. The children must not.
Durov’s approach is not theoretical. He has already donated sperm to dozens of couples in twelve countries. The process is ongoing. He sees it as a way to spread his genetic legacy without the complications of traditional family structures. The children are real. The paperwork is clean. The inheritance is locked.
His personal life has drawn attention before. Russian media previously linked him to Irina Bolgar, a woman who claims he fathered her three children. Photos of them together have circulated. Durov has not denied the connection. He has also been photographed with Yulia Vavilova, another woman believed to be a longtime partner. But the focus now is not on relationships. It is on reproduction.
Telegram, the platform he founded, now has over one billion monthly users. Durov himself is under judicial supervision in France, facing scrutiny over Telegram’s role in encrypted communications and alleged organized crime. But none of that has slowed his plans. The wealth is real. The children are multiplying. And the timeline is set.
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