# Telegram founder

entity: /record/telegram.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/telegram/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-07  

As of November 7, 2026, Telegram's founder on the AsOf record is Pavel Durov, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (finance.yahoo.com and ca.news.yahoo.com). The record holds 1 claim on Telegram's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-07.

- [Telegram](/record/telegram.md) | founder | Pavel Durov | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_1BDDD4552B3E](/claim/clm_1BDDD4552B3E.md)
  sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-pavel-durov-tech-billionaire-193651512.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15616276, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/meet-pavel-durov-tech-billionaire-080200829.html

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Telegram](/record/telegram.md) | founder | Pavel Durov | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_1BDDD4552B3E](/claim/clm_1BDDD4552B3E.md)
  sources: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-pavel-durov-tech-billionaire-193651512.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15616276, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/meet-pavel-durov-tech-billionaire-080200829.html

## Questions this record answers

### What is Telegram's current founder?

Pavel Durov, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (finance.yahoo.com and ca.news.yahoo.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 7, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/telegram/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/telegram?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "telegram", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/telegram/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/telegram.md · timeline: /timelines/telegram.md

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