Pavel Durov is the Founder and CEO of Telegram messenger. In this app user can send message, stickers, audio messages, and most well known thing is user can share a movie through Telegram. He is from Russia. His net worth is $3.8 billion.
EDUCATION
Pavel earned his high school education from Italian elementary school. He also attended the Academy Gymnasium for his education. Then, he graduated in Philology department from Saint Petersburg state university.
AWARDS AND HONORS
- He was named in the most promising Northern European leader under 30 in 2014
- The union of Kazakhstan's journalists award in 2018
- He mentioned in Fortune magazine in their "40 under 40" list
- He has been called the Mark Zuckerberg of Russia
- He also featured in Forbes magazine
OTHER HAND
- He is the founder of VK.
ENTREPRENEUR STORY
After completing his graduation he started VKontakte, After some time it is known as a VK. This was influenced by Facebook. After that He and his brother built a VK website which grew to a value of $3 billion. It was a huge and eye catching success.
Then, he was also involved in a Standoff with Police in St. Petersburg when the government demanded the removal of opposition politicians. In middle create some issues and sold VK. After three years he bought Mail.ru and all remaining shares and became a the sole owner of VK.
Later, He establish the Telegram messenger and he became a entrepreneur. Currently, He achieve big success in his field and he become a inspiration for small generation.
"Threats to block Telegram unless it gives up private data of its users won't bear fruit. Telegram will stand for freedom and privacy."
- Pavel Durov
