a software developer who worked with Telegram in its early days; current position unknown, probably works on the API if still at Telegram

author and maintainer of Web A who is also allegedly working on MyTonWallet, a TON-centered cryptocurrency wallet app

author and main maintainer of Web K

a major contributor to Telegram Desktop; unknown whether a Telegram employee or not

(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.

(born 2010) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Daria Bondarenko

(born 2009) a daughter of Pavel Durov whose mother is Daria Bondarenko

a Telegram employee whose official position is unknown but known for internal testing and handling bug reports

Also known as Misha Babich, a son of Vasiliy Babich who is known for creating an artwork called "Sea turtle heading for the sunrise" that was later put on auction and received a bid from Pavel Durov.

Also spelt as Marina Babych, the wife of Vasiliy Babich, with whom she has 4 kids.

a former Telegram press secretary, and probably a close friend of Pavel Durov

Previously known as /dev/null, a software developer who has worked on both Roxman's project Major and pyrouser's project GladOS. They also presumably have direct communication channels with Telegram developers.

Also known as Mark, or by his supposedly real name Aleksandr Vykhodets, a Moldovan racketeer who is known for raiding channels using his bot farms so that their owners would pay for his raid protection bot GladOS. He also publicly targets individuals with unfavorable opinions as seen in his assault on Aryn. Some suspect that they could have green lights from Pavel Durov due to the unintelligibly fast spam rate of his bot farms without getting limited by Telegram Anti-Spam.

The former legal CEO of Telegraph LLC. He used to work at VK before that. He could still be working at Telegram, but his current position is unknown.

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

A Chechen crypto entrepreneur who is originally from Dagestan but probably resides in Western Europe now. Pavel Durov has praised him and his projects in his channel at least twice. They own a Telegram account with an ID of 25, which is suspected to have been bought from its original owner, who was of Uzbek descent.

(born 2 Aug 2000) full name Vavilova Yuliya Malets; supposed title "crypto couch"; Pavel Durov's girlfriend. She was also his travel companion in 2024 all the way from Central Asia to Azerbaijan, up until his arrest in France.

Also known as Vasya Babich, the creator of the multi-platform Telegram Desktop client. He still actively works on this client at Telegram.

head of the Russian branch of TSF

(born Sep 2017) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

(born Jan 2016) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

(born Dec 2013) a daughter of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

an ex-wife of Pavel Durov

a Russian girl who is a head of TSF, once used to have a relationship with Pavel Durov after they met in university, and has two children with him

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.

Telegram's representative, and one of the members behind PressBot. Some claim they are an unreal person.

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.

the founder of Telegram Info, and a photography director behind Durov (2021)

a software developer working at Telegram

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.

a Ukrainian software developer who used to work on Telegram X

a developer working on Telegram’s iOS app

Popular Telegram concept designer and the creator of the official Telegram icon pack.

a Telegram employee who helps out with the TSF, and has made some of the posts for Telegram's Twitter account

Creator of popular Telegram leaks and updates channel @adurovleaks. Once leaked an Alpha build of Telegram for iOS on his channel, which subsequently caused the Alpha be revoked. They are also an admin of durovleaks.

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.

(born 21 Nov 1980) full name Durov Nikolay Valer'yevich; Russian mathematician, bigger brother of Pavel Durov, the author of MTProto

a designer who works on the Android app at Telegram

an American entrepreneur who used to work at Telegram in its early days, and probably helped Telegram rent servers in Buffalo, U.S.

a Russian software developer who used to work at Telegram in its early days

Telegram’s financial adviser

a Russian software developer working at Telegram

(born 10 Oct 1984) full name Durov Pavel Valer'yevich; founder and ex-CEO of VKontakte (2006-14); founder and CEO of Telegram (2013-)

a Russian software developer working on Telegram’s API (back end)

a Russian developer who used to work on Telegram’s Android app

a Ukrainian developer who works on Telegram's Android app

Also known as DrKLO, a Russian software developer who created a Telegram app for Android in a contest, which was then made the official Telegram Android app. He continued working on it until 2021.

a developer working on Telegram’s iOS app

an ex-Telegram developer who used to work on Telegram calls before they were migrated to WebRTC

vice president of Telegram

Telegram’s vice president of communications, head of TSF, and probably an organizer of Telegram Contests

an Italian software developer who works on to Telegram API’s documentation

an Italian software developer who built Unigram, a third-party Telegram client for Windows that was later officialized

The British creator of the popular Telegram News updates channel iDubTG. Discovered the Telegram Community via Telegram Beta Chat. Often dabbles in other things, such as a cup of tea.

a Belorussian software developer working at Telegram, ACM champion, the developer behind TDLib and Bot API