Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram Messenger app, has shared that he fathered 100 biological children worldwide despite being single.
The 39-year-old revealed this on his popular channel Monday evening.
He explained that 15 years ago, despite his desire to stay single, a friend asked him to donate sperm at a clinic. He agreed, resulting in him assisting over 12 families globally in having children, thanks to what he referred to as his “high-quality donor material.”
Narrating, he said, “I 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?
“Fifteen years ago, a friend approached me with a weird request. He said that he and his wife couldn’t have kids due to a fertility issue and asked me to donate sperm at a clinic for them to have a baby. I laughed my ass off before realising he was dead serious.
“The boss of the clinic told me that ‘high-quality donor material’ was in short supply and that it was my civic duty to donate more sperm to anonymously help more couples. This sounded crazy enough to get me to sign up for sperm donation.
“Fast forward to 2024, my past donating 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.”
He hinted that he would plan to open-source his DNA so that his biological children could easily find him, stressing, “Of course, there are risks, but I don’t regret having been a donor. The shortage of healthy sperm has become an increasingly serious issue worldwide, and I’m proud that I did my part to help alleviate it.”
Durov also suggested that healthy men consider donating sperm to families worldwide who are having difficulty conceiving children.
