
• Telegram创始人帕维尔・杜罗夫近日表示,他的100多名子女都将具有他的财产的继承权。其中包括他的6个“正式”子女,还有至少100个通过捐精诞下的生物学子女。目前,杜罗夫目前的资产净值接近140亿美元,也就是说,他的每个子女都有可能继承1.32亿美元的财产。而同为富豪,就连比尔・盖茨、劳伦・鲍威尔・乔布斯和盖伊・费里等,也没有想过让他们的儿女继承这么多的财产。
在世界各地,有超过100个“10”后的孩子现在还不知道,他们或将一夜之间成为亿万富翁。
这一切都是拜Telegram公司的创始人、今年40岁的帕维尔・杜罗夫所赐。杜罗夫与3位配偶育有6名“正式”子女。但是除此之外,他已经向一家精子银行连续捐精15年了。这家精子银行告知他,他的精子已经在12个国家孕育了100多个生命。这100多个孩子不知道的是,虽然他们并不认识这位富有的“生物爹”,但他们却能继承这位富豪生物爹的遗产。
杜罗夫在最近接受法国《观点》杂志采访时表示:“我最近刚立下了遗嘱,我对自己的孩子一视同仁,不管是自然孕育的,还是通过捐精诞生的,他们都是我的孩子,拥有同等权利!我不希望自己死后,孩子们彼此反目。”
保守估计,这位俄裔企业家至少有106个子女,他们每个人都有可能从杜罗夫那里继承1.32亿美元的遗产。当然,现在离真到那一天还有很远。
杜罗夫说:“我已经决定,30年内,我的孩子们不得动用我的财产。我希望他们像普通人一样生活,独自成长,学会相信自己,学会创造价值,而不是靠一个银行账户活着。”
捐精与生育机构Give Legacy在接受《财富》采访时表示,至于这些孩子是否将知道自己拥有一笔天价遗产的继承权,这取决于杜罗夫在捐精时将自己列为“定向捐赠者”(也就是孩子的生母知晓他的身份),还是列为了受到了更严格规定的“匿名捐赠者”。
“要验证亲子关系是很简单的,孩子可以通过亲子鉴定证明杜罗夫是他们的父亲。”Give Legacy公司的CEO哈立德・克泰利表示:“任何人只要相信杜罗夫是他们的生物学父亲,都可以提交自己的生物学样本去做亲子鉴定。另外,根据各国法律,以及从他们的生母那里,有的孩子可能已经知道了他就是杜罗夫的孩子。”
杜罗夫是谁?Telegram又存在哪些争议?
杜罗夫生于俄罗斯,他于2013年创立了即时通讯软件Telegram,这款软件拒绝接受政府的内容审查。2014年,因拒绝关闭他创办的另一个热门社交平台VKontakte,杜罗夫逃离了俄罗斯。此后,他将全部精力在了Telegram的发展上。
虽然无限制的言论自由有助于传播多元化的政治和社会理念,但是缺乏监管也导致Telegram的平台出现了一些严重的问题。
2024年8月,法国有关部门对杜罗夫启动调查,理由是放任有组织犯罪团伙利用该平台进行非法交易。法国检方还指控杜罗夫涉嫌参与在Telegram平台上传播儿童色情影像。
杜罗夫一共被提起六项指控,而且在调查期间,法国方面禁止他未经允许离开法国。但是后来,他被允许移居阿联酋的迪拜。杜罗夫由此获得了法国和迪拜的双重国籍,并在迪拜继续运营Telegram平台。他的律师大卫-奥利维耶・卡明斯基在接受BBC采访时表示,有关杜罗夫的那些直接或间接的犯罪指控都与杜罗夫本人无关,而且“非常荒谬”。
Telegram还因为涉嫌纵容假新闻和极端言论而受到了广泛批评,包括新纳粹意识形态和恋童癖的内容。
Telegram一位发言人援引了杜罗夫上个月发表在社交媒体上的一篇帖子,驳斥了该平台坐视儿童色情内容泛滥的说话,并向《财富》提供了以下声明:
“Telegram并非一个宣扬极端言论和假新闻的有效平台,因为它并不会使用算法向不知情的用户推送敏感内容。仅2025年上半年,我们通过与全球打击极端主义意识形态中心(Etidal)合作,便已下线了超过11.8万个与恐怖主义有关的群组和社区。”
其他富豪和CEO打算怎么处理他们的遗产
在遗产问题上,不少科技大佬表现得都很慎重,反而是坚持“把钱都留给孩子”的杜罗夫显得是个异类。比如微软创始人比尔・盖茨坐拥1760亿美元身家,但是只打算把不到1%的遗产留给子女。
今年早些时候,比尔·盖茨在出席一档播客节目时表示:“我的孩子们得到了良好的教育,拥有很好的成长环境,但是他们只能拿到不到我1%的财产,因为我觉得把所有财产都留给他们,对他们来说并非是一件好事。现在已经不是王朝时代了,我也不会要求他们管理微软。我只想给他们一个机会,让他们自己赚钱,自己获得成功。”
苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯的遗孀劳伦・鲍威尔・乔布斯也表示,她不会把141亿美元的财产都留给孩子。美食节目大佬盖伊・费里凭借与Food Network签订的1亿美元合同而成了亿万富翁,但是费里也表示,除非孩子们自己努力工作赚钱,否则一分钱遗产也拿不到。
费里今年在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示:“如果你想得到这笔钱,就得先拿到两个学位。我打拼下来的一切,除非你去努力争取,否则别想轻易得到。”(*)
译者:朴成奎
• Telegram创始人帕维尔・杜罗夫近日表示,他的100多名子女都将具有他的财产的继承权。其中包括他的6个“正式”子女,还有至少100个通过捐精诞下的生物学子女。目前,杜罗夫目前的资产净值接近140亿美元,也就是说,他的每个子女都有可能继承1.32亿美元的财产。而同为富豪,就连比尔・盖茨、劳伦・鲍威尔・乔布斯和盖伊・费里等,也没有想过让他们的儿女继承这么多的财产。
在世界各地,有超过100个“10”后的孩子现在还不知道,他们或将一夜之间成为亿万富翁。
这一切都是拜Telegram公司的创始人、今年40岁的帕维尔・杜罗夫所赐。杜罗夫与3位配偶育有6名“正式”子女。但是除此之外,他已经向一家精子银行连续捐精15年了。这家精子银行告知他,他的精子已经在12个国家孕育了100多个生命。这100多个孩子不知道的是,虽然他们并不认识这位富有的“生物爹”,但他们却能继承这位富豪生物爹的遗产。
杜罗夫在最近接受法国《观点》杂志采访时表示:“我最近刚立下了遗嘱,我对自己的孩子一视同仁,不管是自然孕育的,还是通过捐精诞生的,他们都是我的孩子,拥有同等权利!我不希望自己死后,孩子们彼此反目。”
保守估计,这位俄裔企业家至少有106个子女,他们每个人都有可能从杜罗夫那里继承1.32亿美元的遗产。当然,现在离真到那一天还有很远。
杜罗夫说:“我已经决定,30年内,我的孩子们不得动用我的财产。我希望他们像普通人一样生活,独自成长,学会相信自己,学会创造价值,而不是靠一个银行账户活着。”
捐精与生育机构Give Legacy在接受《财富》采访时表示,至于这些孩子是否将知道自己拥有一笔天价遗产的继承权,这取决于杜罗夫在捐精时将自己列为“定向捐赠者”(也就是孩子的生母知晓他的身份),还是列为了受到了更严格规定的“匿名捐赠者”。
“要验证亲子关系是很简单的,孩子可以通过亲子鉴定证明杜罗夫是他们的父亲。”Give Legacy公司的CEO哈立德・克泰利表示:“任何人只要相信杜罗夫是他们的生物学父亲,都可以提交自己的生物学样本去做亲子鉴定。另外,根据各国法律,以及从他们的生母那里,有的孩子可能已经知道了他就是杜罗夫的孩子。”
杜罗夫是谁?Telegram又存在哪些争议?
杜罗夫生于俄罗斯,他于2013年创立了即时通讯软件Telegram,这款软件拒绝接受政府的内容审查。2014年,因拒绝关闭他创办的另一个热门社交平台VKontakte,杜罗夫逃离了俄罗斯。此后,他将全部精力在了Telegram的发展上。
虽然无限制的言论自由有助于传播多元化的政治和社会理念,但是缺乏监管也导致Telegram的平台出现了一些严重的问题。
2024年8月,法国有关部门对杜罗夫启动调查,理由是放任有组织犯罪团伙利用该平台进行非法交易。法国检方还指控杜罗夫涉嫌参与在Telegram平台上传播儿童色情影像。
杜罗夫一共被提起六项指控,而且在调查期间,法国方面禁止他未经允许离开法国。但是后来,他被允许移居阿联酋的迪拜。杜罗夫由此获得了法国和迪拜的双重国籍,并在迪拜继续运营Telegram平台。他的律师大卫-奥利维耶・卡明斯基在接受BBC采访时表示,有关杜罗夫的那些直接或间接的犯罪指控都与杜罗夫本人无关,而且“非常荒谬”。
Telegram还因为涉嫌纵容假新闻和极端言论而受到了广泛批评,包括新纳粹意识形态和恋童癖的内容。
Telegram一位发言人援引了杜罗夫上个月发表在社交媒体上的一篇帖子,驳斥了该平台坐视儿童色情内容泛滥的说话,并向《财富》提供了以下声明:
“Telegram并非一个宣扬极端言论和假新闻的有效平台,因为它并不会使用算法向不知情的用户推送敏感内容。仅2025年上半年,我们通过与全球打击极端主义意识形态中心(Etidal)合作,便已下线了超过11.8万个与恐怖主义有关的群组和社区。”
其他富豪和CEO打算怎么处理他们的遗产
在遗产问题上,不少科技大佬表现得都很慎重,反而是坚持“把钱都留给孩子”的杜罗夫显得是个异类。比如微软创始人比尔・盖茨坐拥1760亿美元身家,但是只打算把不到1%的遗产留给子女。
今年早些时候,比尔·盖茨在出席一档播客节目时表示:“我的孩子们得到了良好的教育,拥有很好的成长环境,但是他们只能拿到不到我1%的财产,因为我觉得把所有财产都留给他们,对他们来说并非是一件好事。现在已经不是王朝时代了,我也不会要求他们管理微软。我只想给他们一个机会,让他们自己赚钱,自己获得成功。”
苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯的遗孀劳伦・鲍威尔・乔布斯也表示,她不会把141亿美元的财产都留给孩子。美食节目大佬盖伊・费里凭借与Food Network签订的1亿美元合同而成了亿万富翁,但是费里也表示,除非孩子们自己努力工作赚钱,否则一分钱遗产也拿不到。
费里今年在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示:“如果你想得到这笔钱,就得先拿到两个学位。我打拼下来的一切,除非你去努力争取,否则别想轻易得到。”(*)
译者:朴成奎
• Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the over 100 kids he’s fathered will inherit his fortune. That includes the six kids he’s an “official” dad to, at least 100 others born through his sperm bank donations. Each could inherit an eye-watering $132 million from Durov’s estate currently worth nearly $14 billion. Others like Bill Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Guy Fieri aren’t being so generous with their offspring.
Over 100 Gen Apha kids are set to one day become overnight millionaires—and they may not even know it.
That’s because the 40-year-old Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, has six “official” children with three different partners; but he’s also been donating to a sperm clinic for 15 years, which told him he has helped conceive over 100 babies across 12 countries. And luckily for them, they’ve just been included in Durov’s $13.9 billion will, despite potentially not knowing their wealthy biological father.
“I wrote my will very recently,” Durov told French publication Le Point in a recent interview. “I make no difference between my children: there are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations. 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.”
That means his at least 106 children could each earn around $132 million for being related to the Russian-born entrepreneur. But they’ll have to wait a long time before inheriting that fortune.
“I decided that my children would not have access to my fortune until a period of thirty years has elapsed, starting from today,” Durov continued. “I want them to live like normal people, to build themselves up alone, to learn to trust themselves, to be able to create, not to be dependent on a bank account.”
Give Legacy, a sperm and fertility clinic, tells Fortune whether or not they know they’re set for the windfall from their biological dad depends on whether Durov was a “directed donor,” known to the birth parent, or an “anonymous donor” with tighter regulations.
“Identity verification is reasonably straightforward. Paternity tests can confirm that Pavel is the father,” says Khaled Kteily, CEO of Give Legacy. “Anyone who believes that Pavel is their biological father could submit a sample to verify. Depending on each country’s laws as well as relationships with the birth mother, the child could already be made aware.”
Who is Durov—and what are the controversies with Telegram?
Russian-born Durov founded Telegram in 2013—a messaging app divorced from government-requested censorship. But he had to flee his home country in 2014 after refusing to comply with demands to shut down opposition communities on another popular communications platform he had founded, VKontakte. Once he left, he invested all his energy into building up Telegram.
While boundless free speech can allow diverse political and social opinions to thrive, a lack of moderation on the platform has led to some serious issues.
In August of 2024, the Telegram founder and CEO was placed under formal investigation in France. It was alleged that he was complicit in running a platform that enabled an organized gang to perform illicit transactions. Durov was also accused by French prosecutors of complicity in the organized distribution of sexual images of children on Telegram.
Indicted on six charges in total, he was barred from leaving France without permission during the investigation, but was later authorized to move to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he holds dual-citizenship and runs his platform. Durov’s lawyer, David-Olivier Kaminski, told BBC that it was “absurd” to accuse his client of being involved “in criminal acts that don’t concern him either directly or indirectly.”
Telegram has also been criticized for reportedly allowing disinformation and extremism to spread, including neo-Nazi ideologies and pedophilic material.
A spokesperson for Telegram pointed to a social media post from Durov last month refuting claims the platform did noting to remove child porn, and provided the following statement to Fortune:
“Telegram is not an effective platform for the spread of extremist propaganda or misinformation because it does not use algorithms to promote sensationalist materials to unwitting users. Telegram has removed over 118,000 terrorist-related groups and communities in the first half of 2025 as part of its proactive efforts and partnership with the Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideologies (Etidal).”
Other CEOs and billionaires with their wealth planned out
When it comes to passing immense wealth down to kids, Durov stands out in a crowd of nepotism-conscious leaders. Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, worth $176 billion, plans to leave less than 1% of his fortune to his children.
“My kids got a great upbringing and education, but less than 1% of the total wealth because I decided it wouldn’t be a favor to them,” Gates said on the Figuring Out With Raj Shamani podcast earlier this year. “It’s not a dynasty, I’m not asking them to run Microsoft. I want to give them a chance to have their own earnings and success.”
Philanthropist and businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs, who was married to late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, also won’t be forking over her $14.1 billion estate to her kids. And Guy Fieri—one of the wealthiest hosts in food TV history, with a $100 million Food Network contract—said his kids won’t get a dime unless they work for it.
“If you want any of this cheese, you’ve gotta get two degrees,” Fieri said in an interview with Fox News this year. “None of this, that I’ve been building, are you gonna get unless you come and take it from me.”