Yoto biography

His father Valery Semenovich Durov devoted his whole life to science, he is a specialist in antiquity, a doctor of philological sciences, a professor at the Department of Classical Philology of the Philfak of St. Petersburg University of St. Petersburg State University. For more than 20 years, he headed this department for a year. She made a significant contribution to the academic education of her children.

Durov has an older brother Nikolai, he received the degree of candidate of physical and mathematical sciences. When Pavel was four years old, the Durovs moved from Russia to Turin Italy-the head of the family received a proposal to teach the Russian language there soon the Durovs returned to St. Petersburg, and Pavel entered the school with an in-depth study of the English language, and then studied at the academic gymnasium, where Russian language and mathematics became his favorite subjects.

Pavel graduated from a gymnasium with a silver medal. In the process of studying, he actively participated in various Olympiads in linguistics, computer science and design and received recognition: for outstanding successes in training, Durov was repeatedly awarded scholarships awarded by the Russian government and the President of the Russian Federation.

In addition, he became a laureate of the Potaninsky scholarship three times. Pavel fluorily speaks family with foreign languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Persian. Other friends of Durov, as well as his brother Nikolai and their acquaintance Lev Leviev, took part in the development of the site. Initially, the VKontakte network was available only by invitation and was called “Students.

Before that, in the year, he created a forum for students of St. Petersburg State University, which quickly gained popularity outside the university environment, and developed the Durov portal. The prototype of the network was Facebook prohibited social network in Russia; Meta corporation belongs, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and is prohibited by American Mark Zuckerberg.

Pavel Durov became the general director and owned 20 percent of the shares of the company; 70 percent of the shares belonged to the family of Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, and 10 percent to Lev Levieva. In the year, the public’s attention was drawn to the scandalous act of Durov: he arranged “rain” from five thousandth bills - banknotes flew out of the VKontakte office on Nevsky Prospekt of St.

Petersburg, which caused a massive cluster of people. Durov, having removed the reaction of the crowd on the video, said that he wanted to demonstrate the revaluation of money in modern society. At the same time, on the social network, he wrote: "What you own, sooner or later begins to own you." In the company, Pavel Durov then remained as a general director. A few months later, on April 21, an official message was made about his departure.

Although Durov announced the dismissal on April 1, two days later he denied this, calling a joke. As a result, VKontakte announced that Durov had not recalled his “comic” statement, so he was fired. On his page on the social network, Durov said that he learned about his dismissal from the media, and expressed the opinion that the shareholders had no courage to dismiss him directly.

He launched the Telegram messenger, which first appeared on the Apple iOS platform in August. The Android version has become available in Google Play in September. Brother Nikolai helped with the startup of Paul. The main advantage of Telegram, according to the developers, was a high degree of protection of messages from interception from the third parties. In July, Telegram has millions of users monthly.

In March, Pavel Durov said that the investment rating of the platform exceeds $ 30 billion to this day. The application is distributed free of charge, although monetization has become obvious since the year-it has an advertisement, in the year it is the opportunity to buy a premium subscription, and a currency in the year. In April of the year, in an interview with American journalist Takeer Karlson Durov, he claimed that the authorities of different countries, especially the United States, had many questions for Telegram.

Moreover, he even announced an attempt by the FBI to recruit one of the company employees. There is only one goal: to gain access to the application data, and therefore to the data of its many users. The Russian authorities also tried to establish cooperation with Telegram, but Pavel Durov refused them. Then the messenger in Russia decided to block. For two years, from April 16 to June 18, there was no official access to Telegram in Russia.

Nevertheless, Durov noted that during this time the Telegram audience in Russia only grew - almost twice. Within the framework of two closed rounds of investment, the company was able to attract about $ 1.7 billion. However, in the year, the American Securities Commission and Exchange SEC filed a lawsuit against Telegram and its subsidiaries, claiming that cryptocurrency placement was carried out in violation of the law.

The Securities and Exchange Commission stated that Durova did not register the sale of cryptocurrencies properly as a result of the trial SEC won. Telegram could not realize its blockchain project within the prescribed time on April 30 of the year. Gram cryptocurrency was renamed Toncoin.And although Telegram is not taking part in the development of the Ton project, the Messenger Integrated the Ton Wallet Cryptocurrency Wallet Cryptocurrency Wallet Cryptocurrency and Pavel Durov introduced a new financial system for the owners of Telegram channels: within its framework, users of the messenger can now pay for advertisements using cryptocurrency Toncoin.

In the Russian rating of the richest people of Forbes magazine, he is in eighth place. At the same time, a year earlier, the magazine announced Durov "the most impoverished Russian billionaire." The fact is that then in a year he lost more than three billion dollars. Then he initiated a survey among his subscribers and invited them to choose in which state he and his team would be located in.

Then he especially noted that for work he needs freedom, a stable legal system, open markets, neutrality and guaranteed compliance with civil rights. Durov posted a farewell letter in which he indicated seven conditions necessary for his return to Russia. This list includes the openness of the judicial system, the simplification of legislation, tax preferences for exporters of raw materials and other requirements at the end of April, it became known that Pavel Durov received the citizenship of the Caribbean state St.

Chits and Nevis. To do this, he had to donate thousands of dollars to one of the local enterprises. Why is this country? The fact is that the passport of St. Kitsa and Nevis provides the possibility of visa-free entry into the EU countries and the UK. In the year it turned out that Durov also received a French passport. Personal life and children, a lifestyle, Pavel Durov considers himself a Libertarian and actively promotes a healthy lifestyle, abandoning excessive consumption.

He rarely gives an interview, only once every few years, but periodically shares his views on Instagram prohibited social network in Russia; Meta corporation belongs, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and is prohibited. For example, on the day of his flight in the year, Durov published a list of seven categories, which he refused many years ago.

It includes alcohol, animal meat, pharmaceuticals, nicotine, coffee, tea and energy drinks, fast food and sugar, as well as television. The ex-springs had two children-a daughter and a son. At the end of July, Russian lawyer Irina Bulgar said she had three children from Pavel Durov. The entrepreneur wrote to this, not answering Irina directly that he has more biological children born in 12 countries of the world.

He explained that 15 years ago a friend asked him to pass into a sperm due to problems with the fertility of him and his wife. Durov agreed, and then the doctors in the clinic assured him in the high quality of his donor material, after which he decided to become a donor for other clients of the institution. In early August, Irina Bulgaria still provided documents confirming that Pavel Durov is indeed the father of her children.

According to the Bulgarians, their acquaintance occurred in the year, for some time they lived as a family, but never registered a marriage. Now they are not together, Irina and children live in Switzerland. It is also known that a criminal investigation was launched against Durov after the Bulgarian filed two lawsuits in the Geneva court: one is a civilian, in the case of custody of children, the other was criminal, due to the physical violence of Durov in relation to one of the sons, as Bulgarians explained, she filed to the court after Durov ceased the payment of alimony, according to Forbes, were thousands of euros a month.

The reason for the arrest was the insufficient attention of Telegram to moderation and insufficient cooperation of the company with law enforcement agencies in which the French authorities accuse Durov. The indictment of 12 points, including “refusal to cooperate with the authorities, complicity in the storage and distribution of pornographic materials with the participation of minors, participation in drug trafficking, fraud in an organized group and the use of cryptocurrency instruments.” The accusations, however, in the end were not brought on all points on August 28, the court issued a decision on the application of measures to prevent Pavel Durov, forbidden him to leave France and obliging him to appear to the police twice a week.

Durov was also ordered to pay a pledge in the amount of five million euros. On the same day, the French government issued an arrest warrant of Nikolai Durov, brother of Paul. Currently, Pavel Durov faces a prison conclusion for up to ten years.