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Pavel Durov was born in Leningrad, but spent most of his childhood in Turin, Italy, where his father was employed. In 2006, he graduated from the Philology Department of the Saint Petersburg State University , where he received a first-class degree.
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- He described himself as an ‘internet totem’ when still at school. According to established tradition, after their school prom, all school leavers would go to their class tutor’s home for tea to say their goodbyes and, in front of a video camera, talk about how they imagined themselves in 10 years time.
- Durov was married and has two children. Durov met his wife Daria Bondarenko when he was a student. She was attending the same university and was responsible for student news on behalf of the Student Council.
- On difficult terms with his classmates. According to schoolteacher Mednikov, Pavel stood out among his other classmates. “There were a number of sides to his character that not all his fellow pupils liked.
- Cultivation of a macho personality for the sake of the project. In the years immediately after VKontakte was set up, acquaintances started noting “curious peculiarities” in Durov.
Feb 8, 2018 · Durov was born in Russia on October 10, 1984. A photo posted by Pavel Durov (@durov) on Mar 22, 2015 at 3:08am PDT. He learned how to code in school, and used that to change the welcome screens...
3 days ago · Master of Science, Saint Petersburg State University. Did you know. Durov is known as Russia's Zuckerberg because he created Vkontakte, Russia's biggest social network, at age 22. In 2018...
Durov, who became a French citizen in 2021, moved himself and Telegram to Dubai in 2017. Since the Ukraine war began, Telegram has become a critical source of information, and plenty of disinformation too, related to the conflict.
With an estimated net worth of $15.1 billion as per Forbes, Pavel Durov is not only the richest expat billionaire in the Middle East, but his wealth also surpasses that of the world's richest Arab, Egypt's Nassef Sawiris, worth $7.7 billion.
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Dec 21, 2015 · Pavel Durov is the elusive founder behind Telegram, an app that’s found itself at the center of the contentious encryption debate. Telegram is the Berlin-based competitor to Facebook’s...
