Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is the founder of Telegram and VKontake, a Russian social networking site.
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In 2001 he graduated with honors from the Academic Gymnasium, in 2006 from the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State UniversitySt. Petersburg State University with a degree in English Philology and Translation with honors (which he still hasn't taken). Immediately after graduation, he created VKontakteVKontakte, the largest social network in Russia at the moment. In 2011, with a fortune of 7.9 billion rubles, he was ranked 350th in the ranking of Russian billionaires
He is a vegetarian and adheres to libertarian political views. Durov is called the Russian Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg, and is also often criticized for eccentric antics and statements. On November 19, 2012, Nikolai Kononov's book "Durov's Code" was published, describing the formation of VKontakte and its creator; AR Films acquired the rights to its film adaptation in the same year.
Pavel DurovPavel Durov (Russian: Па́вел Вале́рьевич Ду́ров; born 10 October 1984) is a Russian-born Kittitian, French entrepreneur, programmer, dollar billionaire, who is best known for being the founder of the social networking site VKVK.com and later of Telegram MessengerTelegram Messenger. He is the younger brother of Nikolai Durov. He was dismissed as CEO of VK in 2014. In 2017, Pavel joined the World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leaders as a representative of Finland. According to the official French government gazette, Durov became a citizen of France on 25 August 2021. As of 24 November 2021, his net worth is $17.2 billion.
In 2001 he graduated with honors from the Academic Gymnasium, in 2006 from the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University with a degree in English Philology and Translation with honors (which he still hasn't taken). Immediately after graduation, he created VKontakte, the largest social network in Russia at the moment. In 2011, with a fortune of 7.9 billion rubles, he was ranked 350th in the ranking of Russian billionaires
He is a vegetarian and adheres to libertarian political views. Durov is called the Russian Mark Zuckerberg, and is also often criticized for eccentric antics and statements. On November 19, 2012, Nikolai Kononov's book "Durov's Code" was published, describing the formation of VKontakte and its creator; AR Films acquired the rights to its film adaptation in the same year.
In 2014, he left Russia and said he was not going to return.
Since 2016, he has been included in the Forbes list of 200 richest businessmen in Russia. In four years, his fortune has increased from $ 600 million to $ 3.4 billion. In 2020, he ranks 30th in the rating in Russia and 565th in the world.
On April 6, 2021, Forbes magazine published a new list - Durov took 112th place among the world's billionaires. His fortune is estimated at 17.2 billion dollars. Among Russian billionaires, he took 8th place.
According to the official French government gazette, Durov became a citizen of France on 25 August 2021.
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