Anderson Cooper, Age 57, Anderson Cooper 360°  – $12 Million

Anderson Cooper is known for anchoring the CNN news show, Anderson Cooper 360°. He is also a journalist, author, and correspondent for 60 Minutes. Cooper reportedly earns an annual salary of $12 million and has a total wealth of $110 million.

He comes from a lineage of rich and famous people, especially from his maternal side—the Vanderbilt family of New York. Getting on television was not a hard path for him as it started when he was just a baby. However, he mentioned that the suicide of his brother in 1988 had piqued his interest in journalism.