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Pavel Durov
CEO, Telegram Messenger LLPBirth DetailsOctober 10, 1984 | St. Petersburg, Russia
NationalityRussian
LeagueEntrepreneur
EducationSt. Petersburg State University
Net Worth$17.2 billion (As of March 26, 2021)
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Pavel Durov's Journey so far ...
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Pavel Durov's Journey so far ...
- Pavel Durov was still in college studying Philology when he built an online library which was a hit among students
- Prompted by its success, Durov further developed the platform into a university forum and also conceived the idea for a student social network
- In 2006, he collaborated with his elder brother, and some friends, to create VKontakte. The platform went live in November that year and was eventually renamed VK
- By the end of the following year, the platform had garnered 3 million users and soon became Russia’s most popular social media platform with over 350 million users
- Durov, along with elder brother Nikolai, founded the encryption-based secure instant messaging platform Telegram, which was launched on August 14, 2013
- Following a series of disputes, he sold his shares in VK and stepped down as CEO in 2014
- Currently, Durov serves as the CEO of Telegram which has around 400 million monthly active users worldwide, and continues to be a firm advocate of privacy and security of users’ data on Internet-based platforms
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- VK has often been compared with Facebook and Durov has often been referred to as Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg
- It’s been reported that Durov wears only black
- In 2012, he and some of his employees threw paper planes made of money from their office window
- Reportedly, he keeps moving from one city to another along with the core team of Telegram engineers
Last Updated: 26/03/2021
Pavel Durov News
Telegram secures $330 million in bond salesTelegram raised $330M through bond sales, aiming for profitability and a stock market listing. The offering was oversubscribed, reflecting global financial institutions' confidence in Telegram's growth and monetization.
Telegram introduces new "Stories" feature exclusively for premium usersPrivacy-conscious users will also find solace in the level of control Telegram Stories provides. The feature allows users to fine-tune their audience by choosing to share their stories with everyone, a select group of contacts, a specific set of contacts (with exceptions), or even a handpicked list of close friends, ensuring their content reaches precisely the intended recipients.
‘WhatsApp has been a surveillance tool for 13 years’. Telegram founder Pavel Durov urges all to stay away from appHe reasoned why he deleted WhatsApp from his devices years ago.
Telegram founder aims to add Web3.0 to his platformTelegram recently announced a paid monthly subscription that will likely cost around $5 (about Rs 400).
Telegram brings new update a day after blaming Apple for delayA day after Pavel Durov said an update had been in Apple's app review for two weeks, the Telegram CEO and founder has now released the feature.
Subscription-based 'Telegram Premium' coming this monthInstant messaging platform Telegram's founder Pavel Durov has officially announced that a subscription-based offering, Telegram Premium, will be coming later this month.
YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel, drawing ire from officialsYouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's, has been under pressure from Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor and officials were quick to respond.
Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during WhatsApp outage"The daily growth rate of Telegram exceeded the norm by an order of magnitude, and we welcomed over 70 million refugees from other platforms in one day," Telegram founder Pavel Durov wrote on the platform after the Facebook outage.
Facebook's loss, Telegram's gain: Chat app adds 'record' 70 mn users in a day after WhatsApp outageTelegram has gone from the 56th most downloaded free app in the United States to the fifth.
Telegram raises $1 billion through bond salesThe funding round included a combined $150 million investment by Mubadala Investment Co and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, which is part-owned by the Abu Dhabi state fund.
Telegram founder feels Signal is a good option, says he can't trust US-based appsPavel Durov said that Telegram will never force its users to watch ads.
Telegram messaging app to launch pay-for services in 2021"Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year," Durov said in a statement.
Telegram CEO criticises WhatsApp over encryption claims, security backdoorsIn a blogpost titled 'Why using WhatsApp is dangerous', Messaging app Telegram's founder Durov said WhatsApp marketed end-to-end encryption as some magic incantation that alone is supposed to automatically make all communications secure. "However, this technology is not a silver bullet that can guarantee you absolute privacy by itself," he said.
Why the controversial Russian-Israeli entrepreneur Michael Mirilashvili is training his sights on IndiaWater-Gen, an Israeli startup that has developed a revolutionary technology to make water from air, capturing humidity.
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