Just remember, Anderson Cooper comes from much older money than Mr. Sterling probably does:
Cooper was born on June 3, 1967,[3] in New York City, the younger son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the artist, designer, writer, and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. His maternal grandparents were millionaire equestrian Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt and socialite Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and his maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Vanderbilt of the prominent Vanderbilt shipping and railroad fortune.[4] He is also a descendant, through his mother, of Civil War brevet Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, who was with General William T. Sherman on his march through Georgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Cooper
Yes, the Vanderbilts could sell Donald Sterling at a garage sale and the proceeds would not increase their net worth more that one percent.
Sterling came from the worst neighborhood in East LA and made every one of his billion dollars himself--with help from his very smart wife.