Who is the richest man in UAE?

According to the American Forbes magazine, the founder of the famous "Telegram" program, Pavel Durov, who lives in Dubai, is the richest man in the UAE. He is also known as the Russian Facebook or "Russian Mark Zuckerberg."

He came in at number 123rd on the overall list of billionaires in the classification of the American magazine. The billionaire's net worth was assessed by Forbes to be $15.1 billion, and Durov was named the wealthiest resident and employee in the UAE last year.

Pavel Durov's wealth increased over the past year to more than $17 billion, reaching $2.4 billion in 2020, $2.7 billion in 2019, and $1.7 billion in 2018.

Who is Pavel Durov?

Pavel Durov, the handsome 38-year-old Tech-billionaire/entrepreneur. Originally from Russia, he fled the country after being fired by his brother when they founded VK. Pavel is a prominent supporter of data privacy and free speech. He founded Telegram - an encrypted messaging app. It was the most downloaded app of 2021. 

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