Telegram founder with over 100 children reveals how much of his $17,000,000,000 fortune they'll get
Weighing up inheritance in your will is always going to be a tricky thing, especially if you've got as much money as many of the world's biggest tech CEOs, yet that proposition becomes even more challenging when the number of kids reaches triple figures.
It's definitely not a new thing for the rich and powerful to have lots of children, as if you're unburdened by the financial strain and can also employ others to take care of your children there's little stopping you from creating a veritable army of kids.
Some are willing to take pronatalism to the extremes though, and there's few better examples of this than Elon Musk, who has previously expressed his desire to have over 5,000 children if possible.
He's 'only' on 14 - that we know of - at the moment, housing most in a purpose-build luxury compound in Austin, Texas, yet Musk has been confidently out-fathered by one fellow tech billionaire who has now decided how to settle his fortunes after death.
How rich is Pavel Durov?
Telegram founder and current CEO Pavel Durov is currently the 134th richest person in the world thanks to his ownership of the popular messaging service, alongside his role in the creation of Russia social media site VKontakte.
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Boasting over 1,000,000,000 monthly users, Telegram is easily one of the most popular social media services alongside contemporaries like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, and boasts a number privacy options which have led to controversy surrounding criminal activity.
According to Forbes he has a net worth of $17,100,000,000 right now, although he could be left in a tricky situation due to the staggering number ofchildren he's managed to become a parent of.
How many children does Pavel Durov have?
While Durov is technically the 'official' parent to only six children, which he shares with three different partners, by his own admission he has likely fathered over 100 thanks to sperm bank donations made over 15 years ago.
As reported by the BBC, Durov explained that the clinic "where I started donating sperm fifteen years ago to help a friend, told me that more than 100 babies had been conceived this way in 12 countries."
If there's one thing that Durov and his legion of children share its national diversity, as he is currently a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the United Arab Emirates, and France after leaving Russia in 2014 following disputes with the government.
How much will he give to his children when he dies?
Of course, having over 100 children can lead to some complicated discussions surrounding the will and any inheritance each other feels as if they are owed, yet Durov has settled the matter already at the relatively young age of 40.
"They are all my children and will all have the same rights," Durov revealed in reference to what each child will earn in his will. "I don't want them to tear each other apart after my death."
If you were to presume that Durov's donated sperm has led to 100 births exactly alongside the six children he's had in relationships, that could give each kid an equal share of $161,320,754.72 based on his current net worth.
He has outlined that his desired to sort things out earlier than you'd think was motivated by a fear of premature death. Durov considers his job and status to "involve risks - defending freedoms earns you many enemies, including within powerful states," so he wants to make sure things are all in line with his own desires.
There is a major catch though, as a stipulation of the inheritance outlines that all children won't get the money for 30 years, although it is for good reason.
"I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create," Durov proclaimed, "not to be dependent on a bank account."