pavel durov

Pavel Durov is known within the global crypto community as a serial entrepreneur. who in the past has been associated with several successful startups including VKontakte.

He was born in Leningrad, however, burned through the majority of his young life in Turin, Italy, where his dad was employed. In 2006, he moved on from the Philology Department of Saint Petersburg State University, where he got a five-star degree. Pavel Durov's initial life and profession are depicted exhaustively in the Russian-language book The Durov Code. The True Story of VK and its Creator.

After leaving Russia, he got Saint Kitts and Nevis citizenship by giving $250,000 to the nation's Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation and got $300 million in real money inside Swiss banks.