Forbids himself to love, does not drink coffee: how Pavel Durov lives in Dubai?

The personal life of Pavel Durov has always interested the public. How does the Russian genius live, why did he move to Dubai, and who is his beloved woman? 

After Pavel Durov sold his share of the social network VKontakte for $400 million, he finally moved to Dubai, where he began developing work on the Telegram messenger. This bore fruit - in 2023, his brainchild entered the TOP 5 most used applications in the world, and Durov’s fortune is estimated at $17 billion. Rare footage of Durov at a meeting with the Crown Prince of the UAE was discussed by the whole country. But how does Pavel live in reality? Dubai-based rapper Morgenstern also spoke about this during the recording of Frame Tamer's podcast.

"I couldn't live like that. He is a hermit, there are few people around him. He is a total health freak and doesn’t even drink caffeine. We also talked about love, I told him: “I fell in love very much. When was the last time you had this?” And he said that it is very dangerous and painful, there is no need to do it. You feel good at first, but then it greatly affects your work and productivity.

Pavel Durov gave up relationships and love

The controversial rapper also admitted that he does not remember exactly how he met the brilliant programmer from Russia, but he will never forget their first meeting. It turned out that Durov himself invited the rapper to his residence.

I think: “Wow, this is the same one who took pictures with tigers.” We arrived, I was with Dilara and the security guard. I was amazed what kind of villa he lives in - I have never seen such houses. At first it was constrained and difficult. It’s Pavel Durov who created VKontakte, removed the wall, “bring back the voices.” Then we started talking, he seemed like a simple guy. With their own paddocks, but easy to communicate with. We played sports together for some time, rocked. 

Note that according to English media reports, Pavel Durov has children from his ex-wife Daria Bondarenko. The daughter was born in 2009, and the son Mikhail in 2010.