Meet America’s 25 Most Fabulously Wealthy Heirs And Heiresses

Published on 04/03/2024
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Anderson Cooper

Net Worth: $110 million*
Wealth Inherited From: Gloria Vanderbilt

Anderson Cooper was born in New York City and is linked to the Vanderbilt family, which owns one of America’s largest fortunes. He has achieved success in his own right as a journalist, novelist, and television personality. He hosts CNN’s renowned news show Anderson Cooper 360. He attended Yale University. Before that, he emulated his fashionable mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, and modeled for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren. He also worked as a kid model for Harper’s Bazaar. He began as a fact-checker for Channel One before progressing through the ranks. To his current position with AT&T’s CNN. Many people are unaware of Anderson Cooper’s extensive network, which is likely due to his last name. Cornelius Vanderbilt was a well-known person in the 1800s, spending many years as America’s richest man because to his success in shipping and railroads.

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper

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Amanda Hearst

Net Worth: $100 million*
Wealth Inherited From: Hearst Corporation

Amanda Hearst, an American socialite born in New York, is the Hearst Corporation’s heiress. She’s also a model. She is involved with Friends of Finn, the organization she started. Friends of Finn is a group dedicated to preventing and ending puppy mills, which treat dogs inhumanely. Hearst works as an associate marketing editor for Marie Claire. She earned her education at Fordham University. Her great grandfather was William Randolph Hearst. Her father, who was not of the Hearst clan, abandoned her mother before she was born. Hearst is a distant and direct related of gold tycoon George Hearst, whose brutal business dealings in 1800s America (albeit over-dramatized) constituted the major plot of HBO’s popular series Deadwood. Nonetheless, the Hearst fortune may be traced back to these roots.

Amanda Hearst

Amanda Hearst

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