Father to 100 children, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov offers his sperm and IVF treatment for free

 

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In July, Durov shared a lengthy post and claimed that he began donating his sperm 15 years ago. “Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine 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,” he wrote.

“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 added.

In August, Durov was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris as a part of a preliminary investigation concerning Telegram. According to Reuters, he left Russia in 2014 after refusing to comply with government demands to pull down opposition communities on his VK social media platform, which he sold.