The founder of Telegram Pavel Durov at the interrogation of French investigators said that his salary is one dirham a year
This was reported by the newspaper Le Monde. 1 UAE dirham, which is approximately $0.27.
The size of Durov’s salary was important for determining the amount of bail, under which the businessman was released from custody in late August.
The prosecutor’s office asked to set bail at €20 million, but the court reduced it to €5 million.
Despite his almost zero salary, the fortune of Telegram owner Pavel Durov is estimated at about 9 to 15.5 billion dollars, writes Le Monde.
In 2023, Durov offered 8.5 million euros for an exclusive license plate at a charity auction in Dubai.
The Telegram CEO is a multi-billionaire.
He reportedly received €300 million from the sale of his shares in Russian social network VKontakte in 2014.
Now, Durov owns the entire share capital of Telegram, valued by several investment funds at almost $30 billion.
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