Overview

• Durov legally fathers six children with three partners and has anonymously donated sperm resulting in over 100 births across 12 countries
• Durov’s will allocates equal portions of his estimated $13.9 billion fortune to all his biological and donor-conceived children
• He imposed a 30-year lock on the inheritance so his heirs can mature independently before claiming their shares
• French authorities charged him last year with complicity in crimes on Telegram—a claim he rejects as absurd—and a June 19 ruling will let him travel to Dubai for up to two weeks from July 10
• Under Durov’s leadership Telegram has grown to over 1 billion active users driven by his insistence on strong encryption, privacy and free speech