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Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur  

Pavel Durov (born 10 October 1984) is a Russian technology entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of Telegram, a messaging platform launched in 2013.

"To be truly free,
you should be ready to risk everything for freedom."

 

 

 

I'm motivated by curiosity.


When I was 11, I started building games for IBM... When I turned 17, I created a website for the students at my University. It enabled students to share lectures and discuss exams, and became popular very quickly.


I'm a peaceful creature; I'm vegetarian. I don't like wars.

 

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I consider myself a legal citizen of the world... I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I'm motivated by curiosity.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I hope Telegram will be able to rely on the community since it's a non-profit project that hopefully will be able to attract people who share the idea behind it.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

The best legislative initiative is the absence of one.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother taking care of them.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

The global threat of 'Big Brother' can actually be conquered purely by technology.

Pavel Durov

 

 

Obviously I do have political views - I'm a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect for human rights there will be no progress because nobody will feel safe and free.


A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost half your income in taxes, which basically means you're working for the government for 180 days a year. I think I can find better ways to use the money I make for the benefit of society.


Governments should be smaller. In fact, governments and countries in general are less important than we think they are. They take credit for processes they have nothing to do with.


If you get rid of emotion for a minute and think about the threat of terrorism statistically, it's not even there. The probability that you will slip on a wet floor in your bathroom and die is a thousand times higher than the probability of you dying as a result of terrorism.


Terrorists will always find a way to communicate. They will always find a solution.

 

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

We are not willing to compromise our values in order to increase our market share.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

Compromises lead you nowhere. You can't be happy doing something you don't believe in.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I never want things to be dull...

I like to make fun of serious matters.

Pavel Durov

 

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, Russian entrepreneur

I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not afraid to die, if I have to.

Pavel Durov