Vladimir Putin Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Net Worth 2026
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of the Russian Federation for most of the period since 2000 (with an interval as Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012). He is one of the longest-serving leaders in modern Russian history.
Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), then part of the Soviet Union. He is 73 years old as of 2026. He grew up in a working-class family in a communal apartment. His father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, worked in a factory and had served in the Soviet navy and as a conscript during World War II. His mother, Maria Ivanovna Putina, worked in various jobs including as a factory worker and cleaner.
After graduating, Putin joined the KGB in 1975 and served as a foreign intelligence officer. From 1985 to 1990 he was stationed in Dresden, East Germany. He left the KGB in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
He then worked in the St. Petersburg city administration under Mayor Anatoly Sobchak, rising to the position of first deputy mayor. In the late 1990s he moved to Moscow and held senior posts in the presidential administration under Boris Yeltsin. In 1998 he was appointed director of the Federal Security Service (FSB). In August 1999 Yeltsin named him Prime Minister. When Yeltsin resigned on December 31, 1999, Putin became acting president.
He won the 2000 presidential election and was re-elected in 2004. Due to constitutional term limits he served as Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012 under President Dmitry Medvedev. He returned to the presidency in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and again in 2024. His tenure has been marked by centralization of political power, economic management following the turbulent 1990s, military modernization, and an assertive foreign policy, including the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the full-scale military operation in Ukraine that began in 2022.
Vladimir Putin Wife
Putin married Lyudmila Shkrebneva in 1983. The couple had two daughters: Maria (born 1985) and Katerina (born 1986). They announced their separation in 2013 and the divorce was finalized in 2014. Putin has kept his family life highly private; his daughters have largely stayed out of the public eye, though they have been identified in independent reporting and official statements over time.
Reports and investigative journalism have alleged additional personal relationships and children, including with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, but these claims have not been officially confirmed by Putin or the Kremlin. He is known to practice judo (holding a black belt), maintains a fitness routine, and has publicly associated himself with Russian Orthodox Christianity and traditional cultural values.
Vladimir Putin Net Worth
Official Russian disclosures list Putin’s personal income and assets as relatively modest for a head of state (presidential salary and limited declared property). Western media, opposition figures, and investigative reports have long alleged that he controls or benefits from substantial wealth through proxies, state-linked companies, and opaque structures, with estimates ranging from tens of billions to over $100–200 billion in some accounts.
FAQs
How old is Vladimir Putin?
He was born on October 7, 1952, and is 73 years old
Is he married?
He was married to Lyudmila Putina from 1983 until their divorce in 2014. He has two publicly acknowledged daughters.
