I’m biological father of over 100 kids, says Telegram CEO
Pavel Durov had been an active sperm donor in the previous years
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New Delhi: Pavel Durov, Co-founder and CEO, Telegram, claimed that he is the biological father of more than 100 kids across 12 countries. In a long post on his channel on his social media platform, Durov shared that he had been an active sperm donor in the previous years. The 39-year-old, who had created Russia’s biggest social network Vkontakte at the age of 22, expressed his desire to open-source his DNA. In his post, Durov said he was just told that he has over 100 biological kids in 12 countries. But how is this possible for a guy who has never been married and prefers to live alone, he asked.
The Telegram CEO then shared how he ended up being a sperm donor. He said, fifteen years ago, one of his married friends asked him to donate his sperms to help the couple have a baby. “He said that he and his wife couldn’t have kids due to a fertility issue and asked me to donate sperm at a clinic for them to have a baby,” he said while terming it as a weird request.
The CEO shared that he initially thought of it as a joke and had laughed at it, before realizing he was dead serious.
At the clinic, Durov said, he was told that high quality donor material was in short supply and that it was his civic duty to donate more sperm to anonymously help more couples.
