Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram and self-styled digital libertarian, just announced that his $17 billion fortune will eventually go to his 106 children. No, that’s not a typo. The 40-year-old tech billionaire has six children from relationships—and over 100 more conceived via sperm donation across 12 countries.
In a new interview with Le Point, Durov claimed he recently finalized his will. The terms? All of his children will inherit equal shares of his wealth… but not until June 19, 2055. That’s thirty years from now. “I want them to live like normal people,” he said, “to build themselves up alone… not to be dependent on a bank account.”
If you’re doing the math, that’s about $131 million per child—eventually.
But this isn’t just about money. This is about a man, a legacy, and a tech cult fantasy gone real.
No Mom? No Problem. The Telegram Billionaire’s $17B Donor Legacy
Durov says it all started when he donated sperm to a friend 15 years ago. The clinic later informed him that over 100 babies were born from his donations.
“They are all my children,” he said. “And they will all have the same rights.”
He’s reportedly had no personal contact with most of them. But he doesn’t see that as relevant.
“I don’t want them to tear each other apart after my death,” he told Le Point.
The plan, apparently, is that with equal shares and no early access, his offspring—raised in wildly different families, cultures, and continents—will live peacefully with the knowledge that someday, they’ll each receive a massive inheritance from a man they may have never met.
Totally normal parenting vibes.
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The clean-living, crypto-rich, surveillance-averse philosopher-CEO
Of course, this wouldn’t be a tech mogul origin story without a few personal quirks. Durov doesn’t drink, smoke, or eat sugar. He does 300 push-ups and 300 squats daily. He lives in Dubai, owns 100% of Telegram, and insists that most of his wealth comes not from the app—but from buying bitcoin in 2013.
His company is known for its hands-off approach to content moderation, and that’s landed him in legal hot water. French authorities recently charged him with allowing Telegram to become a haven for drug trafficking and child sexual abuse material—claims Durov calls “absurd.”
“Just because criminals use our messaging service doesn’t make those who run it criminals,” he told the magazine.
Still, Durov says he wrote his will now because he’s aware of the enemies he’s made.
“Defending freedoms earns you many enemies, including within powerful states,” he said. “I want to protect my children, but also the company I created.”
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Legacy by the numbers
This is what billionaire legacy-building looks like in 2025: not just a trust fund, but a global network of genetically linked heirs, half a lifetime away from their payday, born of a “civic duty” to share superior DNA.
Call it techno-feudalism. Call it eugenics-adjacent. Call it the ultimate bro version of succession planning. But make no mistake: Durov isn’t just building wealth. He’s building mythology.
And with 106 heirs, there’ll be plenty of people left to tell it.
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