Telegram Messenger Inc., owner of the messenger of the same name. The company received a minimum preliminary valuation of $30 billion before going public.Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced this said In an interview with the Financial Times (FT).
This evaluation of Messenger was made by potential investors and funds who want to buy Telegram shares. It was not reported exactly when Telegram would be made public, but Durov noted that he was working on this possibility.
During his call with journalists, the company’s president also said that Telegram’s target audience currently stands at around 900 million monthly active users. The cost of serving each user of the company is $0.7 per year. Thus, Telegram spends approximately $630 million annually on maintaining the infrastructure.
Durov suggested that Telegram could become a profitable service this year. According to him, the launch of the paid Telegram Premium subscription gave a strong impetus to the self-sufficiency of the service in 2023.
Financial Times sources believe Telegram will attempt to go public in the US after the company generates significant profits and when favorable market conditions are restored.
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