Founder of Telegram at the top of Russian billionaires in 2021.
According to Forbes, Telegram co-founder Pavel Drove topped the list of 10 Russian billionaires who will become richer in 2021.
Telegram co-founder Pavel Drove tops Forbes Magazine’s top 10 Russian billionaires.
With another $ 13.81 billion in revenue through this messaging app, he is one of the top 10 Russian billionaires in 2021.
“The number of Telegram messaging users has increased dramatically in the year that is coming to an end,” Forbes magazine wrote today. “Following the poor performance of Meta (Facebook), Instagram and WhatsApp in October this year, 70 million new users joined Telegram.”
According to Forbes, Telegram first issued its bonds in 2021, earning $ 1 billion. As of December 20, Dwarf’s total assets and wealth are estimated at $ 17.24 billion.
Lukoil, the CEO of Russian oil giant Lukoil, is also in fifth place with a fortune of $ 6.44 billion.
According to the list, Russian billionaires will have a total wealth of $ 74.51 billion in 2021.
Forbes noted that 70 billionaires out of 104 Russian billionaires will increase their wealth in 2021.
Forbes cited explosive growth in online commerce, poor IT performance, unprecedented metallurgical profitability and skyrocketing oil and gas prices as the main reasons for billionaires’ revenue in the second year of the corona outbreak.