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Pavel Durov

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Pavel Valeryevich Durov (Russian: Павел Валерьевич Дуров; born 10 October 1984) is a Russian-born French-Kittitian–Emirati entrepreneur who is known for founding the social networking site VK and the app Telegram Messenger. He is the younger brother of Nikolai Durov. As of 29 September 2022, his net worth is estimated at US$15.1 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pavel Durov has received more than 3,014,014 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Pavel Durov is the 353rd most popular businessperson (down from 345th in 2019), the 1,189th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,268th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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  • 48

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  • 5.39

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  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Pavel Durov ranks 353 out of 601Before him are Mikhail Prokhorov, Jakob Nielsen, Johanna Quandt, Franklin Clarence Mars, Edwin Drake, and Henry Cole. After him are George Averoff, John D. Rockefeller III, Charles Koch, Satya Nadella, Adolf Merckle, and Sundar Pichai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Pavel Durov ranks 29Before him are Robert Kubica, Eliud Kipchoge, Dustin Moskovitz, Mathieu Valbuena, Nikola Karabatić, and Indila. After him are Lena Katina, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maxi López, Badr Hari, Branislav Ivanović, and Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Durov ranks 1,189 out of 3,262Before him are Kondraty Ryleyev (1795), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Dmitry Lelyushenko (1901), Alla Kushnir (1941), and Ekaterina Maximova (1939). After him are Andrei Bitov (1937), Alexander Serov (1820), Yevhen Rudakov (1942), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Zinaida Greceanîi (1956), and Tamara Toumanova (1919).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Pavel Durov ranks 12Before him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Vladimir Lisin (1956), and Mikhail Prokhorov (1965). After him are Alexey Miller (1962), Savva Mamontov (1841), Suleyman Kerimov (1966), Dmitry Rybolovlev (1966), Lila Tretikov (1978), and Yuri Milner (1961).

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