• Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is worth $13.9 billion, according to Bloomberg. • The messaging platform has 1 billion users and is worth $30 billion. Durov is the sole owner. • Durov has faced legal trouble in France, where authorities have held him responsible for illegal activities on Telegram.

Editor's note: This story first published in March 2022. It has been updated to reflect Telegram's most recent financial figures, its user numbers, and Durov's legal trouble.

Pavel Durov was born in St. Petersburg in Soviet Russia.

The tech entrepreneur cofounded the encrypted messaging service Telegram with his brother Nikolai in 2013. The brothers were born into a family of intellectuals, according to a biography on the Digital-Life-Design Conference website. Durov spoke at the c

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