Pavel Valeryevich Durov

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Pavel Durov (2013)

Pawel Valerjewitsch Durow ( Russian Па́вел Вале́рьевич Ду́ров ; born October 10, 1984 in Leningrad ) is a Russian entrepreneur and founder of the most popular social network in Russia vk.com (originally Vkontakte, German: in Kontakt) and the instant messenger Telegram . Forbes estimates his net worth at the equivalent of $ 3.4 billion. Sometimes he was called "Russian Mark Zuckerberg " in the media . In addition to the Russian, he has a citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis . He sees himself as a digital nomad .

Life

Durow spent much of his early youth in Turin , Italy , where his father Valeri (doctor of philology ) was employed. After primary school, he attended the Academic Gymnasium in St. Petersburg and studied at the State University . Together with his brother Nikolai Valeryevich Durov , he founded Vkontakte, today's vk.com, in 2006.

When thousands of people gathered for protest marches in Moscow and other major Russian cities after the parliamentary elections in Russia in 2011 (see Protests after the 2011 Russian parliamentary elections ), some of the protesters had rallied across the UK. When the Russian secret service FSB Durov asked to close groups of protesters in the UK, he refused.

In 2012, he donated $ 1 million to Wikipedia . In May 2012, he caused a sensation when he and his colleagues at work threw paper airplanes, folded from 5,000 ruble banknotes (one note was worth around € 125 at the time), with a total value of over € 1,600 out of the window of his company, causing a crowd. Furthermore, in May 2012 he published a manifesto in the Russian magazine Afisha , in which he wrote down 10 "commandments" for Russia, which should make it the leading country of the 21st century. In 2013 he published an invitation to Edward Snowden to work for him. In summer 2013 he founded Telegram Messenger , with which he wanted to compete with WhatsApp .

In January 2014 Durow sold his 12% stake in vk.com to a partner of the Russian entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov . On April 10, 2014, according to the public prosecutor's office, a case against Durow for "use of force against a representative of the state authority" was opened. The allegation was to have hit a traffic police officer after he stopped him. Durow denied having anything to do with the crime and went into hiding. On April 16, 2014, the company's headquarters in the “ House of the Book ” on Nevsky Prospect and his apartment were searched and a server was confiscated. In April 2014, he resigned as director of VK.com and left the company. Shortly thereafter, he left Russia for exile and stated that he had no intentions of coming back.

Web links

Commons : Pawel Durow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Forbes: Pavel Durov. May 3, 2020, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Boris Reitschuster: Goldfingers Stinkefinger , FOCUS Magazin No. 18 (2012)
  4. ↑ Katja Tichomirowa: The Russian Mark Zuckerberg , Frankfurter Rundschau of August 8, 2013, accessed on March 21, 2018
  5. ↑ Andre Ballin: Pawel Durow: Eccentric Fighter for Internet Freedom , Der Standard , April 25, 2014
  6. ↑ With Telegram, A Reclusive Social Star Rise Again ; Fortune on February 23, 2016, accessed March 22, 2018
  7. ↑ Lars-Marten Nagel: The digital adversary , Handelsblatt.de of October 17, 2017, accessed on March 22, 2018
  8. ↑ Olga Pigareva: Prominent Russians: Pavel Durov. In: RT . Retrieved July 6, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Olga Razumovskaya: Russian Social Network: FSB Asked It To Block Kremlin Protesters. In: The Wall Street Journal . December 8, 2011, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Shaun Walker: Founder of Vkontakte leaves after dispute with Kremlin-linked owners. In: The Guardian . April 2, 2014, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  11. ^ Founder of Facebook for Russia donates $ 1M to Wikipedia at DLD. In: venturebeat.com . January 24, 2012, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Anthony Bond: Russia's Zuckerberg, 27, folds notes into paper airplanes and spends weekend throwing them from his window (until people were acting 'like animals'). In: Daily Mail . May 30, 2012, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  13. ↑ a b Marcus Moretti: A 27-Year-Old Russian Worth $ 250 Million Spent The Weekend Throwing Cash Out His Window. In: Business Insider . May 29, 2012, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Музыканты, писатели, журналисты, поэты и другие жители страны о том, что делать «: Котесь. In: Afisha . May 18, 2012, accessed July 6, 2015 (Russian).
  15. ↑ Joshua Yaffa: Is Pavel Durov, Russia's Zuckerberg, a Kremlin Target? In: Bloomberg Business . August 1, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Katja Tichomirowa: The Russian Mark Zuckerberg. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . August 8, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Catherine Shu: Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia's Largest Social Network. In: TechCrunch . October 27, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  18. ^ Benjamin Bidder: Social Network VK.com: Power struggle for the Facebook of Eastern Europe. In: Spiegel Online . October 9, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  19. ↑ a b Lukas I. Alpert: Vkontakte: Founder Pawel Durow leaves the Russian network. In: wsj.de . April 1, 2014, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  20. ↑ Russia's Zuckerberg Durow - a bad traffic hooligan? In: Russia News . April 17, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  21. ↑ Russian Mark Zuckerberg went into hiding: Where on earth is Pawel Durow? In: German Turkish News . May 6, 2013, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  22. ↑ Christopher Miller: A long way from Moscow. In: Mashable . May 18, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  23. ^ André Ballin: Pawel Durow: Eccentric fighter for Internet freedom. In: The Standard . April 24, 2014, accessed July 6, 2015 .
  24. ^ Ingrid Lunden: Durov, Out For Good From VK.com, Plans A Mobile Social Network Outside Russia. In: TechCrunch . April 22, 2014, accessed July 6, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Durow, Pavel Valeryevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Дуров, Павел Валерьевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad