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Pavel Durov

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Pavel Valeryevich Durov (Russian: Павел Валерьевич Дуров; born 10 October 1984) is a Russian technology entrepreneur best known as the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Telegram, a messaging platform launched in 2013. Durov was born in Russia, where he co-founded the social networking site VKontakte (VK) in 2006. He left VK in 2014 following disputes with the company's new owners and increased pressure from Russian authorities, which also led him to leave the country. In 2013, he and his older brother, Nikolai Durov, developed Telegram, and in 2017, they moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where its headquarters are now located. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Durov is the 337th most popular businessperson (up from 399th in 2019), the 985th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,365th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Pavel Durov ranks 337 out of 847. Before him are Carl Laemmle Jr., George Averoff, Frits Philips, Félicien Kabuga, Martin Winterkorn, and Joseph Oller. After him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Linda Yaccarino, Friedrich Bayer, Lamine Diack, Karl Wittgenstein, and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Pavel Durov ranks 35. Before him are Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, Burak Özçivit, Giorgio Chiellini, Beren Saat, Mohamed Bouazizi, and Glen Johnson. After him are Samir Handanović, Ross Ulbricht, Adriano, Yun Hyon-seok, Ludwig Göransson, and Santi Cazorla.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Durov ranks 985 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (1906), Galina Ustvolskaya (1919), Edison Denisov (1929), Tamara Toumanova (1919), and Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525). After him are Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (1891), Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799), Mikhail Boyarsky (1949), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Yevgeny Khrunov (1933), and Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Pavel Durov ranks 6. Before him are Boris Berezovsky (1946), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Roman Abramovich (1966), Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963), and Pavel Tretyakov (1832). After him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Mikhail Prokhorov (1965), and Savva Mamontov (1841).

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