Telegram is worth $30 billion with just 30 employees and no HR
- 29-Nov-2025
Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging and social media app, is writing new rules for scaling its technology business. The company is valued at $30 billion and has over 1 billion monthly active users; yet, it operates with a lean setup. Telegram achieves a massive global reach with a remarkably small team of 30 employees led […]
Pavel Durov: Telegram boss placed under formal investigation in France
- 29-Aug-2024
A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 million euros, reports twice a week to police and does not leave French territory. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement the judge found […]
France extends detention of Telegram chief Durov
- 26-Aug-2024
French judicial authorities on Sunday extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app. His arrest at the Le Bourget airport outside Paris late Saturday is the latest extraordinary twist in the career […]
Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France
- 25-Aug-2024
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources. Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 said on its website, adding he had been targeted by an arrest warrant in France […]