Edward Snowden Wiki: Age, Height, Relationship and Full Bio

Who is Edward Snowden?

Edward Snowden had been an employee at the Central Intelligence Agency. He also worked as the subcontractor there. He was a normal employee until 2013 after he copied and leaked some highly classified information from the NSA. 

His leaked information revealed a lot of programs running by NSA. Apart from these global surveillance programs his disclosure also mentioned about the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, done in partnership with the European government and telecommunication company.

His revelation led to conversations and cultural discussions on national security as well as individual privacy. 

Quick Bio

Career

What is Edward Snowden famous for?

Edward Joseph Snowden joined the United States Army, on 7th May 2004. He also served as a security guard in the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced Study of Language. Snowden then got into the CIA, in the year 2006. He was appointed in the Global Communications Division in the CIA. Edward was then assigned a job in Geneva Switzerland, where he was required to maintain the Computer Network Security. Edward also served as a contractor for Dell. He worked as a lead technologist on Dell’s CIA account in the year 2011 on his return to Maryland. Edward was then reassigned as the lead technologist in Hawaii. Snowden resigned from the job on 15th March 2013, stating the reason that he took a pay cut while working for the consulting firm. Edward was alleged with several criminal and civil lawsuits in his career with his unauthorized sharing of information about the theft of government property and non-compliance of duties.

Personal Information 

What is the height and weight of Edward Snowden?

Snowden was born in 1983 and is presently 37 years old. 

The 37-year-old is 5ft 11inches tall. He weighs around 73kgs. Snowden is particularly disciplined about his physical fitness. This habit comes from the time he was in the US military. He wanted to serve in the US war effort in Iraq. Unfortunately, after breaking both his legs during training he had to give up on this dream.

Although, he left the US military the discipline, and the routine life did not leave him.

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Relationship

Snowden and his relationship had to go through major lows after he came clean about disclosing about the surveillance programs of the NSA. His long time girlfriend back then was Lindsay Mills. 

A lot of reports and documentaries suggested that Snowden deserted Mills. It was also assumed that Mills fled to Hawaii. 

No matter whatever speculations came out both Snowden and Mills chose to remain silent on this topic in the media. 

In 2014 Mills left for Moscow to join Snowden in exile.

Edward Snowden revealed in 2019 that he is living in a two-bedroom apartment and has married the love of his life in 2017. 

The couple was blessed with a child on 28th of December, 2020. The family has already applied for Russian citizenship to safeguard the child’s future.

But both of them said that they hope to someday be able to go back to American. Also, they’ll be raising the child with American values.

Net Worth

Edward Snowden does not have any degree as such and after the exile, he mostly earns through media appearances. He earns around $200,000 per media appearance.

His present net worth is around $500,000.

Trivia

• He married Lindsay Mills during his exile.
• Several movies and documentaries have been made on him. One of them is Snowden. 
• A movie made on his life also won an Oscar.
• He is presently in exile and lives in Moscow.
• He has a net worth of $500,000.
• He has also been a part of the US military but had to leave during the training period itself due to injury.