Telegram founder and billionaire Pavel Durov plans to go away fortune to his 100-plus youngsters
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, a messaging app, has fathered greater than 100 youngsters, all of whom will share within the inheritance of his multi-billion-dollar fortune, he instructed French journal Le Level in a wide-ranging interview revealed Thursday.
Durov, who instructed the journal that he not too long ago drafted his will, stated that his youngsters will inherit his fortune, however not for 30 years from as we speak. He’s value $13.9 billion, in keeping with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Durov did not instantly reply to a request for remark from CBS MoneyWatch.
“I need them to stay like regular folks, to construct themselves up alone, to be taught to belief themselves, to have the ability to create, to not be depending on a checking account,” he instructed the publication.
Durov, who’s 40, added that he has six youngsters who have been conceived naturally with three completely different companions, plus no less than one other 100, whom he is fathered by sperm donations.
“The clinic, the place I began donating sperm 15 years in the past to assist a buddy, instructed me that greater than 100 infants had been conceived this fashion in 12 international locations,” he instructed Le Level.
Durov made clear that his youngsters “will all have the identical rights.”
Based mostly on his present internet value and assuming he has 106 youngsters, every of his offspring would inherit about $131 million.
“I do not need them to tear one another aside after my loss of life,” he stated within the interview.
Durov added within the interview that he follows a rigorous every day exercise routine that features 300 push-ups adopted by 300 squats. He stated he does not eat alcohol, espresso or tea, avoids sugar and isn’t a smoker.
French authorities have charged Durov, alleging Telegram is used for legal functions, together with the propagation of kid sexual abuse materials and for drug trafficking. Durov has denied the fees.
He instructed Le Level that he believes the fees are “absurd.”
“Simply because criminals use our messaging service amongst many others does not make those that run it criminals,” he instructed the journal.
