Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. From 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012, he served as Prime Minister.

He spent 16 years in the KGB as a foreign intelligence officer, attaining to the rank of lieutenant colonel (Podpolkovnik) before retiring in 1991 to pursue a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, he relocated to Moscow to join President Boris Yeltsin's cabinet. Before being named Prime Minister in August 1999, he worked as Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Secretary of the Security Council for a short time. Putin became interim president after Yeltsin's departure and was elected to his first term as president less than four months later. In 2004, he was re-elected.

Putin is said to be paid $140,000 per year by the Kremlin. An 800-square-foot apartment, a trailer, and three automobiles are among his publicly stated assets. According to several reports, he owns a 190,000 square-foot, $1.4 billion mansion atop a cliff overlooking the Black Sea, 19 houses, 700 cars, 58 aircraft and helicopters, including a $716 million plane called "The Flying Kremlin" with a gold-plated toilet, and a $100 million mega yacht designed by a nuclear submarine maker from the Russian navy.

But according to some experts, he may be the richest politician in the world with assets totaling up to $200 billion.

Net worth: $200 Billion