Billionaire and founder of Telegram will divide inheritance by more than 100 children

12 billion euros: “Officially father” of six children with three different partners, he is the father of 100 babies in 12 countries for sperm donation. “They are all my children and all will have the same rights,” said the Russian tycoon.

The founder of the application of messages telegram, Pavel Durovsays that the more than 100 children he had will share his fortune, estimated at $ 13.9 billion (just over 12 billion euros).

“They are all my children and all will have the same rights. I don’t want them to separate after my death,” Durov told the French Political Magazine.

Durov claimed to be “officially father” of six children with three different partners, but revealed: the clinic “where I started to donate sperm fifteen years ago to help a friend, told me that more than 100 babies were designed in this way in 12 countries.”

The self -examined Russian tycoon of technology also added to the magazine that his children should not have access to inheritance for 30 years.

“I want them to live as normal people who develop for themselves, to learn to trust themselves, who are able to create, who do not depend on a bank account,” he said.

At 40, Durov said he already written a will because his work “involves risks – defending freedoms generates many enemiesincluding in powerful states. ”

The application founded by the billionaire, the, known for its focus on privacy and encrypted messages, has over a thousand million monthly users.

Serious accusations in France

Durov also addressed the criminal accusations he faces in France, where he was after being accused of not adequately moderating the application to prevent criminal uses.

Denied not having collaborated with the authorities regarding the Drug trafficking, child sexual abuse content e fraud. Telegram had previously denied the alleged lack of moderation.

In the interview with Le Point, Durov described the accusations as totally absurd. “Just because criminals use our messaging service, among many others, it doesn’t mean that those who manage are criminal,” he added.

Born in Russia, Durov now lives in Dubai, where Telegram has its headquarters. It has double French nationality and the United Arab Emirates.

Founder of the Russian Social Network VkontakteMogasta said in 2014 he was removed from the company after refusing to comply with Kremlin orders to censor publications. He founded Telegram in 2013, and the application remains popular in Russia.

The Telegram Allows groups with up to 200 thousand memberswhich, according to critics, facilitates the spread of misinformation and the sharing of conspiracy, neo -Nazi, pedophiles or terrorism content.

In the United Kingdom, the application was the target of scrutiny by housing radical far-right channels, which will play a central role in organizing violent racist attacks against mosques in English cities in August 2024.

Telegram has removed some of these groups, but in general, its extremist and illegal content moderation system is significantly weaker than other social networks and messaging applications, according to cyber security experts.