On April 8, 2023, the founder of VKontakte and Telegram, Pavel Durov, participated in the Dubai auction, where he offered 35 million UAE dirhams (about 773 million rubles) for a car number consisting of only one digit 7. private Telegram channel reported Stanislav Isaev, blogger and Whitewill representative.
According to Isaev, the auction was organized by the UAE Ministry of Transport and was charitable. Proceeds will be used to build urban infrastructure and go to the 1 Billion Meals foundation, which aims to distribute one billion portions of food to those in need worldwide.
The car number, consisting of only a seven, was put for a starting price of 15 million dirhams (331 million rubles). But the next step was to immediately increase the price of the land to 30 million dirhams (662 million rubles). The third step, according to Isaev, was taken by Pavel Durov – 35 million dirhams were bet.
Although the price Durov set was already quite high, there was an auctioneer in the hall who bid 50 million dirhams (1.1 billion rubles) and won the auction. The winner chose to remain anonymous.
It appears from Isaev’s post that the lot price of 50 million dirhams is a record for auctions organized by the UAE Ministry of Transport.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote Pavel Durov changed his name to Paul du Rove in his French passport.