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Telegram founder reveals he has fathered more than 100 children and they will share his £10 billion fortune
The billionaire founder of instant messaging app Telegram has revealed he has fathered more than 100 children and plans to share his fortune among them.
Pavel Durov told French political magazine Le Point he has fathered more than 100 children through an IVF clinic in addition to being the "official father" of six other children with three partners.
He said: “The clinic, where I started donating sperm 15 years ago to help a friend, told me that more than 100 babies had been conceived this way in 12 countries.”
He added that all of his offspring will share his estimated $13.9bn (£10.3bn) fortune.
“I want to specify that I make no difference between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations,” Mr Durov told Le Point.
“They are all my children and will all have the same rights! I don't want them to tear each other apart after my death.”