Durov's Instagram is full of pictures flaunting his physique and jetset lifestyle, and has said on Telegram that he is a vegetarian who enjoys 'getting up early' and speaks nine languages.
Pavel Durov is a billionaire tech boss with a difference - the Telegram CEO rejects the usual trappings of wealth, such as yachts and luxury property, saying he prioritises his 'freedom' above all else.
But now the Russian tech wizard could face prison for failing to prevent the misuse of his platform for criminal activities, with French police swooping on him when he landed at an airport near Paris on Saturday night. Russian-born billionaire entrepreneur and Telegram messenger founder Pavel Durov, 39 pictured in Kazakhstan days before he was detained in France
'My number one priority in life is my freedom. Once you start buying things, first it will tie you down to a physical location... the second is I like to focus on what we are doing at Telegram.' He helped to turn Moscow into an IT hotspot to rival Silicon Valley, but was forced to flee when VKontakte - the platform he started in 2006 - ran into ownership difficulties he blamed on the Kremlin.
The Kremlin has accused the West of double standards on free speech, with foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova saying 'Do you think this time they will appeal to Paris and demand Durov's release, or will they swallow their tongues?' Pictures have emerged showing Durov just days before his arrest in Azerbaijan, surrounded by his entourage as he goes up an escalator.
The Kremlin-linked Baza Telegram channel reported that Putin had refused a meeting with Durov, saying 'the reason is not clear'.His last video before his arrest shows him driving freely in Azerbaijan shortly before leaving for Paris.Durov's Instagram is full of pictures flaunting his physique and jetset lifestyle
Together with his 'genius' brother Nikolai, who Durov said did the coding for a the platform, he launched what would become one of the world's most popular messaging applications. His tight grip on the app's operations even sees him work directly with engineers, he told Carlson, adding that his unconventional approach to running his business also means that its HR department is 'zero'.
He is known to have had a daughter and son with ex-partner Daria Bondarenko, who is now based in Barcelona.
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