India, June 20 -- Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of instant messaging app Telegram, said he will leave his estimated $13.9 billion fortune for more than 100 children he has fathered.

In an interview with French political magazine Le Point, the 40-year-old revealed that he is the "official father" of six children with three different partners, while the scores of others came through sperm donation.

The Russia-born tech tycoon, who recently wrote his will, said he does not differentiate between his legal children and those who were conceived with the sperm he donated.

"They are all my children and will all have the same rights! I don't want them to tear each other apart after my death," CNN quoted Durov as saying.

The businessman stated t...