Anderson Cooper 

Anderson Cooper is famous for his work as an American broadcast journalist and political commentator. You’ve likely seen his face on the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360° and on 60 Minutes. Cooper has made plenty of wealth for himself over the years. However, his mom also left him a chunk of change when she passed on in 2019. 

His mother was Gloria Vanderbilt, the child of railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. While many assumed that Gloria would leave her son a nine-figure inheritance, she actually used quite a bit of her money before she died, leaving him with (just) a few million.