Maria Vorontsova (or Mariya Vladimirovna Putina) is also referred to as Maria Faassen (surname from her husband Jorrit Faassen’s name). She is a Russian personality who is a pediatric endocrinologist. She is also popularly known as the eldest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Early life
Maria Vorontsova was born on April 28, 1985 and in 2022 she is only 37 years old. Born and raised in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, she is the eldest daughter of President Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina. Maria went to Germany to complete her primary education. She studied in Dresden, East Germany, where her whole family lived with her in Germany in the 1980s. After Maria’s family moved to St. Petersburg in the spring of 1991, she attended a German high school called Peterschule in St. Petersburg.
Later, violent gang wars involving the Tambov gang took place in St. Petersburg. The gang soon began to take control of the location and all the energy in town. That is why President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter and her sister Katerina were both sent to Germany by their father out of fear for their safety. The sisters were handed over to legal guardian, who was ex-Stasi Matthias Warning, who had worked as part of a KGB cell with the President in Dresden.
Maria Vorontsova’s career
In 1995 Maria Vorontsova played the violin for a Russian consulate general in Hamburg at a sponsored diplomats’ breakfast. After her family moved to Moscow, she attended the German School in Moscow – the school that was closely associated with the German Embassy in Moscow. Maria completed her education after studying at school for 11 years. Three years later, she began studying at the university where she was enrolled as a first-year student along with her younger sister Katerina.
Maria Vorontsova went to Saint Petersburg State University and majored in biology. Today she is a doctoral candidate in medicine at Moscow State University, where she graduated in 2011. She later became a Ph.D. Candidate at the Endocrinology Research Center in Moscow while having Ivan Ivanovich Dedov as her advisor.
Biography of Maria Vorontsova | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Maria Vladimirovna Putina |
| date of birth | April 28, 1985 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 37 years |
| place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| nationality | Russian |
| job | endocrinologist |
| religion | Christianity |
| sun sign | Taurus |
Physical Statistics | |
| height | in feet inches – 5′ 6” – in centimeters – 168 cm |
| Weight | in kilograms – 53kg – in pounds – 116 pounds |
| shoe size | 6 (USA) |
| Hair color | Blond |
| eye color | blue |
| body type | Slim |
Family | |
| father | Wladimir Putin |
| mother | Lyudmila Putina |
| sister | Katerina Tikhonova |
| Brothers | – |
Qualification/Education | |
| school | German school in Moscow |
| University | Moscow State University |
Relationship status | |
| marital status | Married |
| Who is Maria Vorontsova’s husband? | Jorrit Fassen |
| children | – |
Personal life
Maria Vorontsova is a happily married personality. She is married to her loving and caring husband Jorrit Faassen. Jorrit Faassen is a successful businessman who burst into the limelight after marrying President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter. In November 2010, Jorrit Faassen was beaten by four bodyguards, all belonging to Russian banker Matvey Urin, co-owner of Trado Bank. The co-owner was previously the head of another bank called Breeze Bank and was associated with four other Moscow banks. Half an hour after the incident, Urine was taken from his position and later imprisoned in Butyrka.
Not only that, he was forced to lose his property, all his wealth, including his vast possessions. The couple, Maria and Jorrit Faassen, lived together in a penthouse on the residential building in Voorschoten in the Netherlands. But in 2014, Dutch residents called for Vorontsova’s expulsion from the country after the suspected Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 incident that saw the airline shot down by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. In 2015, the couple is said to be living in Moscow.
The net worth of Maria Vorontsova
In one of her interviews in July 2019, Putin’s eldest daughter revealed that she is the co-owner of the giant healthcare company “Nomeko”. She was also involved in investing in the largest private project in Russian healthcare. Nomeko follows research-based methods and helps fight cancer.
She appeared in an interview on the state TV channel Russia 1. She spoke about the first step into the business world. Very few details are known about Maria. Because Maria is considered the secret daughter of Putin with his wife Lyudmila Putina. She was never in public, taking advantage of her status and connection to her father, Putin. The Putin family always tries to protect the family from the public.