Telegram Founder: Millions of New Users Migrate from Facebook during Outage
By Steve Muchoki October 6th, 2021
Telegram recently announced that it topped 1 billion downloads and half a billion monthly active users.
Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is best known for being the founder of the social networking site VK.
About
Pavel Durov is a Russian entrepreneur who is best known for being the founder of the social networking site VK, and later the Telegram Messenger. He is the younger brother of Nikolai Durov. Since being dismissed as CEO of VK in 2014, the Durov brothers have traveled the world in self-imposed exile as citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2017 Pavel joined the World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leaders as a representative of Finland.
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- Known for:
Telegram Messenger
- Born:
Oct 10th, 1984
- Nationality:
Russian
- Education:
Saint-Petersburg State University
Falletti di Barolo - World wealth rank:
116
- Net worth:
$15.1 B
- Other Projects:
Telegram - Founder, CEO
VKontakte - CEO & Founder
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News About Pavel Durov
Telegram May Go for IPO in 2023 with Valuation of $30-50 Billion
By Daria Rud April 12th, 2021
The possible valuation of Telegram may reach $30-$50 billion.
Social Media Giant Telegram Raises $1B with 5-Year Bond Placement
By Benjamin Godfrey March 16th, 2021
The growing capacity of Telegram is fast putting pressure on the company which keeps accruing costs to maintain its servers and network functionalities.
Da Vinci Capital Investors Seek $100M Compensation from Telegram CEO
By Kofi Ansah March 2nd, 2021
Telegram was ordered to halt sales of Gram after it allegedly failed to register an early sale of $1.7 billion in tokens before the launch of its Telegram Open Network.
Pavel Durov Reveals Telegram Plans for 2021: Monetization and Upgrade of Functions
By Daria Rud December 23rd, 2020
Monetization will be driven by additional functions for business teams and users with expanded needs. Some of the functions will be data-greedy, that’s why they will require additional fees.