Billionaire ‘supersperm' donor to leave vast fortune to his 106 children… and he's so rich they'll STILL get £160m each
THE billionaire founder of Telegram has made a new will - splitting his £17bn fortune among his 106 kids.
Pavel Durov, 40, says he'll treat all his children equally, whether born via sperm donation or 'naturally'.
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The self-exiled Russian tycoon told Le Point magazine that none of his children will be getting their hands on the cash for the next 30 years.
Durov said: 'I want them to live like normal people, to build their lives on their own, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create - not to be dependent on a bank account.'
Durov is the founder of Telegram messenger, which is known for its focus on privacy and encrypted messaging and boasts over a billion monthly active users worldwide.
Dubbed the Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk of Russia, the tech tycoon has an estimated net worth of £17 billion.
He told the magazine he drafted his will because he feels threatened after refusing to share user data with the secret services of Russia and Western countries.
Durov said: 'My work involves risks - defending freedoms earns you many enemies, including within powerful states.
'I want to protect my children, but also the company I created, Telegram.
'I want Telegram to always remain true to the values I stand for.'
Discussing his alleged 106 kids, he said: 'I decided that my children will not have access to my fortune until a period of 30 years has passed, starting from today…
'I want to make it clear that I make no distinction between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally, and those born from my sperm donations.
'They are all my children and they will all have the same rights.
'I don't want them to tear each other apart after my death.'
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Durov said he has six children, for whom he is the 'official father, with three different partners.
'The others were born from my anonymous donations.
'The [Russian] clinic where I started donating sperm 15 years ago - to help a friend - told me that over 100 babies have been conceived this way in 12 countries.'
He added: 'I have a newborn son - I'm missing his first months.
'He doesn't even have a passport because I wasn't at his birth in Dubai.'
Durov is also a French citizen and currently lives in France, where he is under investigation.
He was arrested last year after flying from Azerbaijan to Paris with girlfriend Yulia Vavilova, 24, a gamer and crypto coach.
Authorities claimed Telegram's lack of moderation, limited cooperation with law enforcement and features like disposable numbers and cryptocurrency make it an accomplice in drug trafficking, paedophilia and fraud.
When Durov refused to hand over data on Ukrainian protesters to Russian security agencies, he was effectively forced to give up his company and move abroad in 2014.
He said the French investigation into his affairs was 'completely absurd', adding, "Just because criminals use our messaging service among many others doesn't make those who run it criminals."
He said: 'Telegram staff can't see or read user messages.
'That's why we've never revealed a single private message.
'If a court flags a user ID in a criminal case, we review metadata - IP address, phone number. That's it.'
Telegram is widely used by both Russia and Ukrainian sides in the war.
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