I don’t know which part of this story is more crazy, but here we go anyway… Telegram founder and billionaire Pavel Durov has recently revealed he has disgustingly sick abs. He’s also revealed he has 100+ children. And to top it off, he’s revealed he’s worth anywhere from $13-17 billion and he has plans to divvy that up among all those children when he dies. Oh my! Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, reveals he plans to leave his $17 BILLION fortune to his 100+ children— six from relationships and others via sperm donations over 15 years. pic.twitter.com/MT8jlvOOzM — Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) June 20, 2025 Telegram founder Pavel Durov to split $17B fortune among 6 kids — and 100 sperm-donor babies https://t.co/S4Ihu1bOhk pic.twitter.com/qFFrHJCFW8 — New York Post (@nypost) June 19, 2025 The “children” are comprised of 6 through personal relationships and 100+ through sperm donation that he has somehow tracked over all the years. Here’s a quick summary of all we know so far: Pavel Durov, Russian-born founder and CEO of Telegram (now with over 900 million active users), previously co-founded VKontakte (VK) in 2006 with his brother Nikolai Durov. VK became the dominant social network in Russia and Eastern Europe, often called “Russia’s Facebook.” It featured photo albums, walls, and friends lists, and gained popularity partly due to its streaming of pirated films, thanks to lax copyright enforcement. Durov resisted Russian government demands to censor opposition activists during protests in 2011–2012 and again during the 2013–2014 Euromaidan movement in Ukraine. He refused to hand over user data to authorities. In 2013, Durov sold his 12% stake in VK, reportedly worth around $300 million, amid growing Kremlin pressure. He was ousted as CEO in 2014 and left Russia soon after. He used the VK proceeds to fund Telegram, which he launched with his brother in 2013 as a secure, encrypted messaging platform designed to resist surveillance. Telegram has since grown to over 1 billion users. Durov has a reputation for eccentric behavior and strict personal discipline. He abstains from alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and meat, and performs 300 push-ups and 300 squats daily. He revealed he has fathered at least 106 children—6 through personal relationships and over 100 through sperm donation. He considers all of them his equal heirs. Durov has drafted a will stating all his children will inherit equally, but only 30 years from now (i.e., not before 2055), to encourage them to grow up independent and self-reliant. His net worth is estimated between $13.9 billion and $17.1 billion, but he says most of it is theoretical and tied to investments like Bitcoin—not liquid cash. In August 2024, Durov was arrested in France on allegations that Telegram enables criminal activity, including money laundering and child exploitation. He denies the charges and insists platform owners aren’t responsible for users’ actions. Also as with Elon Musk who regrew all his hair and generally looks much healthier now, it seems that having billions of dollars can really do an incredible job for your health and wellness: Pavel Durov (Creator of Telegram): Before vs. After $15 Billion pic.twitter.com/NqtxfqmHNx — Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) June 20, 2025 Yahoo News explains more how Durov was able to track all the sperm donation children: Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the over 100 kids he’s fathered will inherit his fortune. That includes the six kids he’s an “official” dad to, at least 100 others born through his sperm bank donations. Each could inherit an eye-watering $132 million from Durov’s estate currently worth nearly $14 billion. Others like Bill Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Guy Fieri aren’t being so generous with their offspring. Over 100 Gen Apha kids are set to one day become overnight millionaires—and they may not even know it. That’s because the 40-year-old Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, has six “official” children with three different partners; but he’s also been donating to a sperm clinic for 15 years, which told him he has helped conceive over 100 babies across 12 countries. And luckily for them, they’ve just been included in Durov’s $13.9 billion will, despite potentially not knowing their wealthy biological father. “I wrote my will very recently,” Durov told French publication Le Point in a recent interview. “I make no difference between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations. They are all my children and will all have the same rights! I don’t want them to tear each other apart after my death.” That means his at least 106 children could each earn around $132 million for being related to the Russian-born entrepreneur. But they’ll have to wait a long time before inheriting that fortune. “I decided that my children would not have access to my fortune until a period of thirty years has elapsed, starting from today,” Durov continued. “I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create, not to be dependent on a bank account.” Give Legacy, a sperm and fertility clinic, tells Fortune whether or not they know they’re set for the windfall from their biological dad depends on whether Durov was a “directed donor,” known to the birth parent, or an “anonymous donor” with tighter regulations. “Identity verification is reasonably straightforward. Paternity tests can confirm that Pavel is the father,” says Khaled Kteily, CEO of Give Legacy. “Anyone who believes that Pavel is their biological father could submit a sample to verify. Depending on each country’s laws as well as relationships with the birth mother, the child could already be made aware.” Here was Durov speaking with Tucker Carlson last year: