Masha Gessen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masha Gessen
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1967(1967-01-13)
Age	57
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Masha Gessen Biography

Masha Gessen is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 13, 1967 in Moscow, Russia. Gessen was born to an Jewish family from Moscow with parents Alexander Gessen and Yelena Gessen. Their maternal grandma Ester Goldberg, daughter of socialist mother and Zionist father was born in Bialystok, Poland, in 1923, and moved from Poland to Moscow during 1940. Her father Jakub Goldberg was killed in 1943, possibly at Bialystok Ghetto or a concentration camp. Bialystok Ghetto or at a concentration camp. Ruzya Solodovnik Gessen’s maternal grandmother was a Russian-born scholar who was censor in the Stalinist government until she was dismissed during an antisemitic elimination. The maternal grandparents of Gessen Samuil was a fervent Bolshevik who perished in World War II, leaving Ruzya to care for Yelena on her own.

Gessen got married to Svetlana Generalova Gessen, who was a Russian resident who had been active within her involvement with the LGBT protests in Moscow in 2004. The wedding was held within America. U.S. By the time Gessen returned to the U.S. from Russia in December 2013 They had been married Darya Oreshkina.

In an extensive October 2008 profile of Vladimir Putin for Vanity Fair, Gessen reported that the young Putin had been “an aspiring thug” and that “the backward evolution of Russia began” within days of his inauguration in 2000.

They contributed several dozen commentaries on Russia to The New York Times blog “Latitude” between November 2011 and December 2013. Among their subjects were the banning of so-called “homosexual propaganda” and other related laws; the harassment and beating of journalists, and the depreciation in value of the ruble.

Gessen was a member of the Board of Directors for the Moscow-based LGBT rights group Triangle between 1993 and 1998.

Masha Gessen Net Worth

Masha Gessen is one of the richest Journalist from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masha Gessen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Masha Gessen (born Maria Alexandrovna Gessen (Russian: Mariia Aleksandrovna Gessen , IPA: [ma’rjij@ aljIk’sandr@vn@’gjes@n] ) 13 January 1967) is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump.

In 1981, while Gessen was just a teenager They emigrated with their families to United States. In 1991, when they were adults Gessen and his family relocated to Moscow and began work as an editor. Gessen holds both Russian and US citizenship. The brothers of Gessen include Keith, Daniel and Philip Gessen.

Gessen tested positive for the BRCA mutation that is correlated with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy in 2005.

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Who is Masha Gessen Dating?

According to our records, Masha Gessen married to Darya Oreshkina. As of December 1, 2023, Masha Gessen’s is not dating anyone.

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In March 2013, politician Vitaly Milonov promoted the Russian law against foreign adoption of Russian children by saying: “The Americans want to adopt Russian children and bring them up in perverted families like Masha Gessen’s.”

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Masha Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Masha Gessen celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

They wrote in February 2014 that Citibank had closed their bank account because of concern about Russian money-laundering operations.