Anderson Cooper

About Anderson Cooper

Gloria Vanderbilt's son and a TV investigative reporter. He rose to prominence as the host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.

Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes on CBS News. Born into the Vanderbilt family in Manhattan, Cooper graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989. As a young journalist, he began traveling the world, shooting footage of war-torn regions for Channel One News. Cooper was hired by ABC News as a correspondent in 1995, but he soon took more jobs throughout the network, working for a short time as a co-anchor, reality game show host, and fill-in morning talk show host. In 2001, Cooper joined CNN, where he was given his own show, Anderson Cooper 360°, in 2003; he has remained the show's host since. He developed a reputation for his on-the-ground reporting of breaking news events, with his coverage of Hurricane Katrina causing his popularity to sharply increase.

Television	Anderson Cooper 360°, Anderson Live, Anderson Cooper Full Circle
Years active	1990–present
Employer	Channel One News (1990–1995), ABC News (1995–2000), CNN (2001–present)
Occupation	Broadcast journalist, political commentator
Parents	Wyatt Emory Cooper (father), Gloria Vanderbilt (mother)
Born	Anderson Hays Cooper, June 3, 1967, New York City, U.S.
Official Website	http://www.andersoncooper.com
Relatives	Vanderbilt family
Children	2
Alma mater	Yale University (BA)

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Trivia

From ages 10 to 13 he modeled for Ralph Lauren.

Anderson Cooper before fame

Prior to entering the media, he served as an intern for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Achievement of Anderson Cooper

He modeled for Ralph Lauren from the age of ten to thirteen.

Salary 2020

$11 million a year

Net Worth 2020

$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)

Anderson Cooper family life

He is an openly gay man with two older brothers, Leopold and Christopher. Carter, his brother, committed suicide in 1988. In 2009, he began a relationship with Benjamin Maisani.

Associations of Anderson Cooper

He gained to prominence as a co-host on CNN's nightly weekly programming, alongside Don Lemon.

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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski	Brother		N/A
Carter Vanderbilt Cooper	Brother		N/A
Christopher Stokowski	Brother		N/A
Wyatt Morgan Cooper	Children		N/A
Wyatt Emory Cooper	Father	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Writer
Benjamin Maisani	Former partner		N/A
Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt	Grandfather	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Miscellaneous
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt	Grandmother		N/A
Cornelius Vanderbilt II	Great-grandfather		N/A
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt	Great-grandmother		N/A
Laura Delphine Kilpatrick	Great-grandmother		N/A
Gloria Vanderbilt	Mother	$200 million (2019)	Entrepreneur