Bloomberg Billionaires Index has published an updated ranking of the richest people on the planet, including co-founder of the social network VKontakte and Telegram messenger Pavel Durov. The entrepreneur took 279th place in the list of billionaires.
The ranking figures are updated at the end of each trading day in New York. It covers 500 people. As of August 1 of this year, Pavel Durov’s fortune was estimated at $9.15 billion (787.9 billion rubles).
The programmer is among those in the group with Herman Khan ($9.15 billion), a major shareholder of Alfa Group, and Hollywood producer and director Steven Spielberg ($9.15 billion).
Pavel Durov had previously stated that he was the father of at least a hundred children. This news created a bombshell effect on Internet users and the media. Elon Musk responded to him with irony. Memes about Pavel Durov’s donation spread on the Internet.
Source: People Talk
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