India, Dec. 24 -- Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has said he will cover the full cost of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for women under the age of 37 who want to conceive using his donated sperm, adding that all of his biological children will one day inherit a share of his fortune.

Durov, 41, who is estimated to be worth nearly $17 billion, has claimed to have already fathered at least 100 children through sperm donation, in addition to six children from 3 partners, according to a report by the New York Post. He has described his sperm donations as a "civic duty," arguing that there is a global shortage of what he called "high-quality donor material" and that sperm donation should be destigmatised.

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