Valeryevich Pavel Durov was born October 10, 1984 Russian businessmen known as the founder of social networking sites, VK, and then Telegram Messenger. He is the younger brother of Nikolai Durov. Since being dismissed as CEO of VK in 2014, Durov brothers around the world retreated as the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
He spent most of his childhood in Turin, Italy. His father Valery Durov (who holds a PhD degree in Physiology) employed there. In 2006, he graduated from the Department of Physiology Saint Petersburg State University, where he received a first class degree.
Durov start VKontakte, then known as VK, in 2006, were initially influenced by facebook. In December 2013 Durov pressed to sell its 12% stake to Ivan Tavrin VK, the main owner of Russian internet company Mail.ru, which then menjulnya to Mail.ru, giving majority ownership of 52% of VK. In 2014, Mail.ru mebeli all remaining stock becomes sole owner of VK.
On 1 April 2014, Durov resigned. At first because the company insisted he resign because it is associated with the Ukrainian crisis that began in February.
On 16 Aapril 2014, on public Durov refused to hand over the data protesters Ukraine to Russia's security agencies and page blocks Alexei Navalny on VK. Instead he posted the relevant commands on page VK who claim the request is invalid.
On April 21, 2014, Durov was fired as CEO VK. Durov then claimed the company has effectively taken over by an ally of Vladimir Putin, showing his fall was a result of both his refusal to submit personal information from users to federal law enforcement and refusal to submit personal information from people who are members of a group VKontakte dedicated to euromaidan protest movement. Durov then left Russia and said it will not return.
After leaving Russia he obtained citizenship Saint Kitts and Nevis by donating $ 250,000 for the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation of the State, and secured US $ 300 million in cash in Swiss banks. This allows him to focus on creating the next company, Telegram, which was originally based in Berlin and focuses on encrypted messaging services.
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