Anderson Cooper: ~ $100 million

With an annual salary of around $12 million, journalist and presenter Anderson Cooper is killing it in his field of work, and after looking at his huge net worth, we are sure more parents would want their kids to become journalists too! Cooper, the host of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and 60 minutes, may become even richer soon.

Cooper is expected to inherit a large sum of money from his late mother, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, as her estate is said to be worth $200 million. But, even without the inheritance, he is doing just fine, often making a 13-hour trek to his Atlantic Coast home in lush Brazil just to get away from his busy life. Besides travel and his many real estate investments, Copper donates regularly and works with charities.