Anton Maydell
a software developer who worked with Telegram in its early days; current position unknown, probably works on the API if still at Telegram
Alexander Zinchuk
author and maintainer of Web A who is also allegedly working on MyTonWallet, a TON-centered cryptocurrency wallet app
Eduard Kuzmenko
author and main maintainer of Web K
Elies Campo
(born 1983) full name Elies Campo i Cid; Catalan business person; business developer at WhatsApp (2013-14) then Telegram (2015-21). In 2025, he was interviewed as part of a documentary where he spoke out against Telegram.
Dmitry Moskovsky
a Telegram employee whose official position is unknown but known for internal testing and handling bug reports
Georgiy Lobushkin
a former Telegram press secretary, and probably a close friend of Pavel Durov
Evgeny Nadymov
a Telegram front-end developer who resides in the United States and went to the same university as Pavel Durov; creator of Telegram's app for Windows Phone; probably contracting for xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, to develop a messaging app called X Chat
Vasiliy Babich
Also known as Vasya Babich, the creator of the multi-platform Telegram Desktop client. He still actively works on this client at Telegram.
Andrei Iakovenko
Creative Director at Telegram. Most likely in control of the design language of Telegram, and is the main artist for Telegram's blog post artwork.
Remi Vaughn
Telegram's representative, and one of the members behind PressBot. Some claim they are an unreal person.
Mike Renoir
The developer of the official Telegram for macOS client. Started the project as an unofficial client, until he was hired by Telegram to work on it.
Vitalik Valtman
a software developer working at Telegram
Artem Kolnogorov
A Russian software developer working on Telegram, probably on the front ends. He is the one behind the Instant View Platform, telegra.ph, telesco.pe, and potentially the front ends of other Telegram platforms like Fragment.
Ilya Laktyushin
a developer working on Telegram’s iOS app
Ric
a Telegram employee who helps out with the TSF, and has made some of the posts for Telegram's Twitter account
Anton Rozenberg
An ex-Telegram employee, and semi childhood friend of Nikolay Durov. Went from close bonds with Nikolay to enemies. Was fired most likely due to a conflict with Nikolay. The full story can be read here.
Adler Toberg
a designer who works on the Android app at Telegram
Axel Neff
an American entrepreneur who used to work at Telegram in its early days, and probably helped Telegram rent servers in Buffalo, U.S.
Arseniy Smirnov
a Russian software developer working at Telegram
Igor Zhukov
a Russian software developer working on Telegram’s API (back end)
Dmytro Karaush
a Ukrainian developer who works on Telegram's Android app
Ali Fareed
a developer working on Telegram’s iOS app
Fela
an Italian software developer who built Unigram, a third-party Telegram client for Windows that was later officialized