Anderson Cooper is a CNN news anchor and heir to his mother Gloria Vanderbilt’s fortune.
In June of 2019, heiress and fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt passed away. Her son, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper confirmed the news, sharing that she died at home surrounded by loved ones following a short battle with stomach cancer. She was 95-years-old.
Anderson Cooper’s Net Worth
According to reports, Anderson Cooper’s net worth is an astounding $200 million. Working as the current host of the CNN news show “Anderson Cooper 360,” he earns a yearly salary of $12 million.
According to the New York Post, Cooper inherited the majority of her estate, a sum that totals less than $1.5 million.
Cooper, the host of CNN’s nightly “Anderson Cooper 360” and a contributor to CBS News “60 Minutes”, has a more complex wealth story than most high-profile Americans.
For years, Cooper said he expected no trust fund nor inheritance from his wealthy mother, noting that any huge financial windfall would only result in him losing his ambition and drive to make it as a major figure on his way up the ladder.
“My mother made it clear to me there is no trust fund”, Cooper told Howard Stern in a 2014 interview. “There’s none of that.”
Now that Cooper is coming into a huge sum of money from his mother’s estate, his actual net worth should soar well above the $100 million he has accumulated to date.
Let’s take a deeper dive and see where Cooper stands in terms of net wealth, and his ascent as a global broadcasting icon.
How Does Anderson Cooper Spend His Money?
Aside from his home, Cooper isn’t a spendthrift, opting to focus on his career and his charitable aid efforts, where he gives time and money to favored causes like the Elton John AIDS Foundation, The American Heart Association, and GLAAD, among others. Cooper doesn’t do that outside of his home furnishing and travel budget as far as spending his wealth on luxury items.
Passion for journalism
Anderson Cooper was born in New York City on June 3, 1967, to Wyatt Emory Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, in what can only be described as the lap of luxury. Cooper’s father was an accomplished writer and his mother was a highly noted fashion designer and an heiress to the famed Vanderbilt name and fortune.
Cooper caught the media bug early in life, appearing in a photo shoot for Harper’s Bazaar at age three while also appearing on “The Tonight Show” the same year.
At age 10, Cooper modeled for major fashion brands like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and seemed to have an ideal childhood before family tragedy struck.
First, his father died at age 50 from ongoing heart issues, and then his older brother Carter Vanderbilt Cooper committed suicide in 1988, falling to his death from the 14th floor of his family’s New York apartment.
Facing those challenges early in life, Cooper pressed on, attending the prestigious Dalton School in New York City at age 17 and moving on to Yale University after an extended trip to Africa, where he sought to contemplate his family losses and take stock of his early life.
It was at Yale that Cooper found his true career passion in journalism and public policy, a path that would take him within two decades to the top of the broadcasting world.
Jennifer Lawrence Confronted Anderson Cooper
This week Jennifer Lawrence revealed how she felt when CNN’s Anderson Cooper accused her of faking her fall to accept her Oscar in 2013. Lawrence said she was nervous the night she was up for Best Actress for “Silver Linings Playbook” but ready in case she won.
The 30-year-old actress revealed that she was nervous that night, however was ready if incase she wins the Oscar. After the fall on steps, she felt humiliated, Jennifer said“devastating because it was this horrific humiliation to me.”
To make this incident worse three days later she heard Anderson Cooper saying on his show, “Well, she obviously faked the fall.”
A few months later at a Christmas party, Jennifer confronted Anderson and said “‘Have you ever tried to walk upstairs in a ballgown? So then how do you know?’… He apologized immediately, he was like, ‘I don’t know, I have no idea’ and [gave this] wonderful apology. And I was all fired up…he probably told everyone I was a psycho.”
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