Founder and CEO, Telegram, Pavel Durov, Narrates how he had 100 biological children around the world despite being unmarried.
The 39-year-old entrepreneur made this known through his popular channel on Monday evening.According to him, despite his preference to remain single and alone, 15 years ago, his friend (unnamed) approached him to give his sperm in a clinic, which he acceded to and resulted in him helping over 12 families all over the world have kids due to what he described as âhigh-quality donor materialâ.Narrating, he said, âI was just told that I have over 100 biological kids. How is this possible for a guy who has never been married and prefers to live alone?
âFifteen years ago, a friend approached me with a weird request. He said that he and his wife couldnât have kids due to a fertility issue and asked me to give sperm at a clinic for them to have a baby. I laughed my ass off before realising he was dead serious.âThe boss of the clinic told me that âhigh-quality donor materialâ was in short supply and that it was my civic duty to give more sperm to anonymously help more couples. This sounded crazy enough to get me to sign up for sperm donation.âFast forward to 2024, my past giving activity has helped over a hundred couples in 12 countries to have kids. Moreover, many years after I stopped being a donor, at least one IVF clinic still has my frozen sperm available for anonymous use by families who want to have kids.âHe hinted that he would plan to open-source his DNA so that his biological children could easily find him, stressing, âOf course, there are risks, but I donât regret having been a donor. The shortage of healthy sperm has become an increasingly serious issue worldwide, and Iâm proud that I did my part to help alleviate it.âThe Telegram founder is a Russian-born Emirati entrepreneur. In 2022, he was recognized as the richest expat in the United Arab Emirates, according to Forbes. In February 2023, Arabian Business named him the most powerful entrepreneur in Dubai.
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