Despite all the work that goes into leading an entire nation–the headaches, the stress, the worry, the whole having the fate of millions of people in your hands–it’s a job that doesn’t pay all that well.
Barack Obama only makes $400,000, which seems insanely low when you think about. His job is probably the most demanding, thankless one in the world. He should easily pull a cool couple mil.
A quick Google search reveals that Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, makes far, far less. His salary is 3.6 million rubles, or $56,000, which … holy shit that ain’t a lot of money to be in charge of one of the world’s biggest and most important nations.
But Vladimir Putin doesn’t care that he makes dick, because he’s allegedly spent his whole presidency embezzling money from the state and is now the richest man in the world. Good for him! Are you gonna stop him? No. Respect the hustle. Per the New York Post:
The Russian president stole billions from his country’s war chest and stashed it away in secret accounts, according to a man who was once that country’s largest foreign investor.
Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, estimates Putin’s net worth at $200 billion. That would make Putin more than twice as wealthy as Bill Gates, who, with a fortune of $79.2 billion, is the world’s richest person.
Would you expect anything less from a man who once was a KGB spy? Dude does not give a fuck. Apparently, it’s all stashed away in Swiss bank accounts, because of course it is.
Now, Putin may never stop being president, because why would you when you wield that much power, but if he does, he’s got a cush life ahead of him.
Yachts and bitches. Can you blame him?