Archive · 25 Dec 2025
Durov Funds IVF, Promises Inheritance
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is offering to pay for IVF treatments for women who want to use his sperm to have a baby.
He has already helped many women this way and has promised that all his biological children will get a share of his huge fortune when he passes away.
He started donating his sperm in 2010 to help a friend and continues to do so because he believes it's important to help with the problem of low sperm quality and declining birth rates.
His sperm is stored in a clinic in Moscow, and only unmarried women under 37 years old can use it.
He thinks of all his children equally and wants to encourage other healthy men to donate sperm too.
Durov mentioned on a podcast that any child who can establish a genetic link to him would be eligible for inheritance, though access would only be granted decades after his death.
Pavel Durov offers to fund IVF for women under 37 using his sperm.
He promises inheritance to all biological children who can prove shared DNA.
Started donating sperm in 2010 to help a friend and address global sperm shortage.
Sperm is stored at AltraVita Clinic in Moscow, available only to unmarried women.
Views sperm donation as a civic duty and hopes to encourage other healthy men to donate.
- Who
- Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram
- What
- Offering to fund IVF for women using his sperm and promising inheritance to his biological children
- When
- Started donating sperm in 2010, current offer ongoing
- Where
- Sperm stored at AltraVita Clinic in Moscow
- Why
- To address global sperm shortage and declining fertility rates, views it as a civic duty
- Name
- Pavel Durov
- Age
- 41
- Net Worth
- $17 billion
- Sperm Donation Start Year
- 2010
- Clinic
- AltraVita Clinic, Moscow
- Eligibility
- Unmarried women under 37
- Inheritance Condition
- Establish shared DNA, 30 years after his passing
Sources
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Offers To Fund IVF For Women Using His Sperm, Promises Inheritance
Telegram founder Pavel Durov offers full coverage of IVF for women under 37 for having his babies
