[1] After Vogt completed high school in Wetzikon[2] following which he studied at the University of St. Gallen, graduating with a Master of Business Administration.

[3] In 2009, he was also assigned a visiting professor in law at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and also in Kings College in London.

[2][1] Vogt announced his resignation from the National Council for the end of 2021, preferring to focus on his career as a law professor at the university.

[7] Federal Councilors are the executive branch of the Swiss Government and are elected by the Parliament and not by popular vote.

[2] He is credited with leading the electoral campaign for a referendum on the superiority of the Swiss constitutional law over the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

[11] He is homosexual[10] lives in Kreis 5 in Zurich and is a fan of the German Schlager singer Helene Fischer.