If You're One of 107 "Fatherless" Test Tube Babies, You May Be Receiving $129.9 Million Dollars Upon Your Billionaire Sperm Donor Dad's Death

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Fortune – 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. 

Kind of an unnecessary ricochet shot at Guy Fieri there. All he told his kid was that they had to earn 2 college degrees if they want their $100 million inheritance. For money like that, finishing graduate school (which I'm certain dad is paying for) doesn't seem like too much to ask. Seems like a pretty responsible stipulation tbh. Moving on...

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 is so much better than the unconditional love of a biological father. Or at least it sure takes the sting out of growing up without one. I think the exact number of children Pavel Durov has may be disputed, but according to the articles I've read, it sounds like 106 or 107 might be the number. So if it's 107, that means there are 107 test tube babies out there who are staring down the barrel of a $129.9 million dollar pay day. And the fact that some of those children may not even know it yet… kids that are allegedly spread out across 12 countries… you just know there's sperm donor kids out there who's hearts dropped into their asshole when they saw this news, on the off-chance they just hit the lottery of their lifetimes. You also know there's even more parents of these sperm donor kids out there who know Pavel Durov is the biological father, and immediately started thinking of the best possible to get their hands on that money ASAP. Parents doing the math to figure out the chances of them being alive long enough to reap the benefits of their future hundred-millionaire test tube baby. And if the math doesn't add up right, plotting the "accidental death" of Pavel Durov. 

The latter would be a real concern for me if I were Pavel Durov. He just made it so that all of the sudden, there are hundreds, if not thousands of people connected to these children who are actively cheering for his death. They don't know the guy from Adam.

Note: The phrase is NOT, "know the guy from atom". I just learned that the other day. I always thought it was atom. Honestly I feel like "atom" makes just as much sense.

Anyways, these parents and kids aren't going to feel bad if Pavel Durov dies under mysterious circumstances. And from what I'm reading about the guy, it won't take any crazy mental gymnastics from a scheming child/parent to convince themselves, "Well Pavel Durov is a bad person anyways…"

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.

"Welp, that's good enough for me. Be right back son! I'm off to murder your biological father so we'll never have to work another day in our lives. 

UNFORTUNTELY… as foolproof as that plan sounds in theory… fucking Durov put a stipulation in his will that makes it so none of his children will be eligible for the inheritance until the year 2055. 

“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.”

That son of a bitch. I suppose Pavel Durov, who's only 40-years old, is safe for now. At this point, if you stand to collect on his inheritance, I suppose you want to keep him alive so he can hopefully continue growing that net worth. Unless they don't trust him to not blow the money, and want to lock that number in at $13.9B. Kinda like a game of Deal or No Deal, but instead of pressing a button to accept an offer from the shadowy banker, you have to carry out a successful hit on a Russian billionaire. 

Regardless… as time goes on… especially 20-25 years down the road when that inheritance date is fast approaching… if Pavel Durov is still in outstanding health, he might want to use a chunk of those savings to bolster his personal security team. He allegedly first started donating sperm around 15 years ago, so by that time his adult children will have their own adult children. That's just WAY too many people to have out in the world who stand to benefit from your death. I've seen enough movies to know that even non-sperm donating billionaires with average-sized families have plenty to worry about in that regard. There comes a time in every billionaire's life (especially Russian ones) where your child's conniving bitch of a wife starts plotting your murder. But at least you know what that bitch looks like. Pavel Durov is going to be looking sideways at every person he passes on the street for the rest of his life. Kinda makes you wonder why the hell he had to make this all public so early. 

So if you're a test tube baby who's never got a solid answer on where the hell you actually came from. Or even if you're a test tube baby who has gotten a firm answer from Mom… it might be worth double checking that she didn't spend any time in Moscow in the 2010's. You never know what tricks Mom might have up her sleeve (i.e. syringe full of billionaire cum).