Durov said he planned to open-source his DNA so that his biological children could find each other more easily. He said even though there were risks, he did not regret having been a donor. He claimed the shortage of healthy sperm had become an increasingly serious issue worldwide, and he was proud he had done his part to alleviate the issue.
Durov also said that he wanted want to help destigmatise the notion of sperm donation and incentivise more healthy men to do it, so that families struggling to have kids could enjoy more options.
Dubbed ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Durov founded Vkontakte, Russia’s largest social network, at just 22. However, his refusal to compromise on user data by cooperating with Russian authorities led to his exile. Now a French citizen, he relocated Telegram, his messaging app, to Dubai in 2017, media reports stated.
