The founder of the popular application “Telegram”, Pavel Durov, has retained his position as the richest person living in the United Arab Emirates, with a fortune of 11.5 billion dollars, according to the ranking of the American magazine “Forbes”.
Forbes magazine’s ranking for the year 2023 showed Durov as 148th in the world with a fortune of $11.5 billion, while Hussain Sajwani, president of Damac Properties, was ranked 611th worldwide, with a fortune of increased to $4.5 billion.
The Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Ghurair family is ranked 982 with a fortune of $3 billion, followed by Abdullah Al Futtaim and his family at 1272 with a fortune of $2.4 billion.
Pavel Durov was born in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg and has lived in Dubai since 2017. Emirati citizenship is the fourth citizenship of the Russian billionaire.
So, Durov has 4 nationalities: Russian, Emirati, French and the nationality of Saint Kitts and Nevis, an island located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Source: RT + Forbes
Source: Arabic RT