Anderson Cooper Biography
Anderson Cooper was born June 3, 1967, is an American broadcast journalist and political analyst who presently hosts CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°. He works as a CBS News 60 minutes journalist in addition to his employment at CNN.
He began traversing the world after graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989, shooting footage of war-torn places for Channel One News.
Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and was given his own show, Anderson Cooper 360°, in 2003, which he has hosted ever since. He became well-known for his on-the-ground coverage of breaking news events, and his coverage of Hurricane Katrina considerably raised his prominence.
Cooper received the National Order of Honour and Merit from the Haitian government for his coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. From September 2011 to May 2013, he also hosted his own syndicated daytime discussion show, Anderson Live.
Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and in 2003 was given his own show, Anderson Cooper 360°, which he has anchored since. He became well-known for his on-the-ground coverage of breaking news events, and his coverage of Hurricane Katrina considerably raised his prominence. Cooper received the National Order of Honour and Merit from the Haitian government for his coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. From September 2011 to May 2013, he also hosted his own syndicated daytime discussion show, Anderson Live.
Anderson Cooper Age
Anderson Cooper was born in Manhattan, New York City, on June 3, 1967. He is 56 years old.
Anderson Cooper Height
Anderson Cooper stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Anderson Cooper Education
Cooper attended the Dalton School, a private co-educational day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Cooper, then 17, embarked on a “survival trip” in Africa after graduating from Dalton a semester early. He got malaria during the trip and had to be hospitalized in Kenya.
Cooper described the experience as “a place to forget and be forgotten in.” Cooper attended Yale University, where he lived at Trumbull College and was a lightweight rowing coxswain. He was a member of the Manuscript Society and majored in political science, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.
Anderson Cooper Family
Cooper is the last-born son of Wyatt Emory Cooper who is a writer. His mother’s name is Gloria Vanderbilt and she is an Artist. He has brothers whose names are Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski, Christopher Stokowski, Carter Vanderbilt Cooper
Anderson Cooper Partner
Anderson Cooper is happily single. The CNN journalist lives with his friend and former partner Benjamin Maisani and his two sons Wyatt, three, and Sebastian, 19 months. He was also in a relationship with Cesar Recio from 2004 to 2009.
Anderson Cooper Children
Cooper has two sons whose names are Wyatt and Sebastian.
Anderson Cooper Salary
Anderson Cooper earns $12 million as a CNN news anchor.
Anderson Cooper Networth
Anderson Cooper’s net worth has been anticipated to be worth $200 million.
Anderson Cooper Career
He began his news career on Channel One as a fact-checker. The cable network creates news segments for distribution in schools across the country. He felt tired with his day-to-day work after a few months and traveled to Southeast Asia with a video camera.
He captured images of conflict in Myanmar and portions of Africa, earning him the position of Channel One’s main international correspondent. Cooper’s news stories quickly piqued the interest of rival news channel providers. He was employed by ABC News in 1995 as a journalist and then as a co-anchor of World News Now.
He departed in 2000 to host a new ABC reality show, The Mole, because he was bored of the hard schedule. After a year, on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he was obliged to return to the news, and CNN hired him as a correspondent and substitute anchor the following January month.
CNN granted Cooper his own news program, “Anderson Cooper 360°,” in 2003. For nearly 20 years, he analyzed the world’s major stories on the show. As a result of the show, he became a television personality, which was a huge achievement for him.
His popularity spurred news reporting on catastrophes like as Hurricane Katrina, Pope John Paul II’s death, and the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as CNN’s political and election coverage. In 2006, he also began working with CBS’s 60 Minutes, for which he covers themes such as the Mexican drug war, rape in the Congo, and the deterioration of coral reefs off the coast of Cuba.
Cooper debuted his daytime chat show “Anderson” in September 2011. Later, the show was renamed “Anderson Live.” However, the show failed to create an impression on viewers and was canceled less than two years later.
Cooper has had more success as the anchor of CNN’s annual New Year’s Live special since 2002, and his pal Andy Cohen has joined him for coverage since 2017.
