This article will answer every question you have about Anderson Cooper. Below are some of the frequently asked questions about him.
- What does Anderson Cooper do for a living?
- Who are Anderson Cooper’s parents and siblings?
- What are Anderson Cooper’s interests and hobbies?
- Is Anderson Cooper married or does he have a girlfriend?
- Does Anderson Cooper have any children?
- Where is Anderson Cooper now?
- How tall is Anderson Cooper?
- How much money does Anderson Cooper earn?
- What is Anderson Cooper’s net worth?
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Who is Anderson Cooper?
Anderson Cooper is an American television journalist as well as the primary anchor of Anderson Cooper 360˚ on CNN. He also serves as a correspondent for CBS News’ show 60 Minutes. Cooper comes from a wealthy Manhattan family and Yale University graduate.
He used to travel around the world as a young journalist where he shot footage of war-torn regions for Channel One News. ABC News later hired him in 1995 to work as a correspondent. In 2001, Cooper joined CNN where he runs his own show, Anderson Cooper 360˚ starting from 2003. Cooper is openly gay and came out in 2012 making him the most famous journalist on American television to be gay according to New York Times. Additionally, he also became the 1st openly gay person to bring up a presidential debate. GLAAD, an LGBT rights organization has given Cooper several awards for his efforts in promoting LGBT rights.
Anderson Cooper’s Career
Channel One
After graduating from Yale, Cooper attempted to get an entry-level job with ABC answering calls but was unsuccessful. He decided to get the help of a friend to make a fake press pass since he was finding it difficult to get an on-air reporting job. At the moment, Cooper was working Channel One’s small news agency as a fact-checker. He later joined Myanmar with his fake press pass where he met with students confronting the Burmese government. Eventually, he was able to sell his own news segments to Channel One.
Cooper later moved to Vietnam after reporting for Myanmar. He stayed in Vietnam for a year where he studied the Vietnamese language at the University of Hanoi. Cooper managed to convince Channel One to allow him to carry the Hi-8 camera where he started filming and compiling reports of the Vietnamese way of life that aired on Channel One. In 1992, he started filming stories from various war-torn global regions including Bosnia, Somalia, and Rwanda.
ABC
Cooper joined ABC News in 1995 where he became a correspondent and eventually rose to the position of co-anchor of World News Now, an overnight program on September 21, 1999. Then in 2000, he changed his career path and took the job of hosting the reality show, The Mole on ABC. In addition, he filled in as the co-host for Regis Philbin for the Live with Regis & Kelly talk show when Philbin left for triple-bypass heart surgery. Actually, as of 2019, Cooper occasionally serves as guest co-host of the show when one of the two hosts is unable to go to work.
CNN
After the end of the second season, Cooper left The Mole and went back to broadcasting news. He joined CNN in 2001 where his first role at CNN was to anchor together with Paula Zahn on American Morning. In 2002, Cooper became the primetime anchor for CNN. He has also hosted CNN’s News Year’s Eve Special from Times Square since 2002. Later, on September 8, 2003, Cooper started serving as the anchor of Anderson Cooper 360 ˚ which was his own show on CNN. Cooper covered quite a number of big stories in 2005 including the Cedar Revolution in Beirut, Lebanon; the tsunami damage in Sri Lanka; the death of Pope John Paul II, and the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
He also covered the Niger famine from Maradi in August 2005. In addition, Cooper confronted Sen. Trent Lott, Sen. Mary Landrieu, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the CNN coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath about their opinions on the response of the government. In September 2005, CNN changed the format of NewsNight from 60 to 120 minutes so as to cover the intensely violent hurricane season. Cooper was eventually assigned to work as co-anchor to Aaron Brown temporarily so as to distribute the workload.
The arrangement was later made permanent in the same month by the president of the CNN operations in the U.S named Jonathan Klein who claimed Cooper to be the anchorperson of the future. Anderson Cooper 360˚ was eventually extended to 2 hours and shifted to 10 pm ET spot which was formally occupied by Newsnight. Later in 2007, Cooper entered into a multi-year contract with CNN which would allow him to go on working as a contributor to 60 Minutes in addition to doubling his annual salary of $2 million to $4 million.
How Old is Anderson Cooper?
Cooper was born on June 3, 1967, in Manhattan, New York City. He is currently 53 years old.
Anderson Cooper‘s Family
Who are Anderson Cooper‘s parents?
Cooper’s parents are Wyatt Emory Cooper who is a writer and Gloria Vanderbilt who is also a writer as well as a fashion designer and heiress of the Vanderbilt family.
Does Anderson Cooper have siblings?
Cooper has two elder half-brothers named Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski born in 1950 and Cristopher Stokowski born in 1952. This was due to his mother’s ten-year marriage to Leopold Stokowski who worked as a conductor.
Anderson Cooper‘s Education
Cooper attended a private co-educational university preparatory day school called Dalton School located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He then attended Yale University where he stationed in Trumbull College. He graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts.
Anderson Cooper‘s Partner
Cooper is openly gay and he used to date Benjamin Maisani but they are currently split up.
Anderson Cooper‘s Children – Kids
Cooper has a son named Wyatt Morgan whom he had through a surrogate in April 2017.
Anderson Cooper’s Net Worth
Cooper has an estimated net worth of $200 million.
Height/Measurements
Cooper stands at 5 ft 10 in tall and weighs around 154 pounds.
