The state of the founder of VKontakte and Telegram is named.
For the second year in a row, Pavel Durov becomes the richest person with citizenship of the United Arab Emirates according to Forbes. On Tuesday, December 13, new data on the state of Durov were published.
Durov ranks 123rd in the Forbes list of billionaires of the world.
And in the ranking, the UAE topped the top with a fortune of $ 15.1 billion.
According to the media, Pavel Durov has become impoverished by two billion in a year.
In 2021, in exchange for investments, the Russian received UAE citizenship.
Recall that Pavel Durov, in addition to the citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and Russia, has the citizenship of the state of Saint Kitts and Nevis, France.
In December 2022, Pavel Durov said that the number of users of the Telegram Premium paid subscription has reached 1 million people since its launch.
Durov expressed confidence that financial growth will also occur in 2023.
The richest man in the world is Elon Musk, who has a fortune of $ 188 billion.
As Topnews wrote earlier, in 2022, the media showed an archive photo of a young Pavel Durov. Since that time, the billionaire has changed his appearance, and it is already difficult to recognize him.
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