The founder of the Telegram messenger and creator of the VKontakte social network, Pavel Durov, topped the 100 most influential people in Dubai according to Arabian Business.
The publication notes that Durov received the nickname “Russian Mark Zuckerberg” after he launched one of Russia’s largest social networks, VKontakte, at the age of 22, and later created the messenger Telegram, which has 700 million users. assets.
Durov, 38, has a net worth of $15.1 billion. The businessman moved the Telegram headquarters to Dubai in 2017. He received UAE citizenship in February 2021. In December 2022, Forbes named him the richest person in the United Arab Emirates.
In second place in the ranking of the most influential people according to Arabian Business is the President of the Emirates Sir Tim Clark, in third place Mohamed Alabbar – the largest real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates.
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Source: RB
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