Pavel Durov

Pavel Durov (#598)

Global Rank #598

Country Rank #2

Country United Arab Emirates

As soon as one agency gets to uncontrollably monitor private communications, soon enough this access falls into the hands of third parties - bribers, hackers, agents of other countries.

$ 7 B
Messaging app
United Arab Emirates
M
41 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #598

Country Rank #2

Net Worth $6.6B

Previous Worth $6.6B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United Arab Emirates

Industry Messaging app

Age 41 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Citizenship United Arab Emirates

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Personal Stats

Age 41

Source Of Wealth Messaging app, Self Made

Residence Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Citizenship United Arab Emirates

Marital Status Single

Children 6

Education Master of Science, Saint Petersburg State University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $6.6B

Current Net Worth $6.6B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Pavel Durov is the founder and owner of messaging app Telegram, which has more than 1 billion monthly active users worldwide. Telegram, which is free to use, competes with messaging apps like Facebook's WhatsApp. Durov left Russia after refusing to cooperate with the secret service and provide encrypted data of his first social network's users. Telegram was banned in Russia from 2018 to 2021. Durov became a French citizen in 2021 but lives in Dubai. Durov, who has six children between three ex-girlfriends, claims to have donated sperm that fathered 100 children in 12 countries.

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#623

Billionaires (2026)

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Did You Know?

Durov is known as Russia's Zuckerberg because he created Vkontakte, Russia's biggest social network, at age 22.

In 2018 Pavel, with his brother Nikolai, raised $1.7 billion from investors to create TON, a blockchain system; it was shut down after the SEC banned it.

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Current Net Worth: $6.6B (May 4, 2026)