The billionaire founder of Telegram is offering to pay for the in vitro fertilization process of medically eligible women who are interested in having a baby using his sperm at a fertility clinic in Moscow, the latest billionaire to speak openly about his desire to widely reproduce.
Pavel Durov, worth an estimated $15.5 billion as of Tuesday, is offering to cover the cost of IVF treatment for interested, healthy women under the age of 38 who will use his sperm to have a baby using the Altra Vita IVF clinic, which claims it has the exclusive right to store and use his biomaterial.
The clinic describes the offer as “a very generous contribution to society” from “one of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs of our time.”
In July, Durov said he’s had more than 100 biological children in 12 countries via sperm bank donations he’s made over the last 15 years, and announced his plan to “open-source my DNA so that my biological children can find each other more easily.”
He said he was once told by someone at an IVF clinic it was his “civic duty” to donate sperm to help couples trying to conceive, and said he now wants to “destigmatize” the notion of sperm donation and encourage more healthy men to do so.
He also has five children with two ex-girlfriends.
Source:Forbes