Anderson Cooper Will Not Receive an Inheritance From Mom Gloria Vanderbilt

US Magazine ^ | 04/02/2014 | Esther Lee

[SeekAndFind]

No inheritance for Anderson! CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who comes from the Vanderbilts, one of the wealthiest families in American history, said Monday, March 31, that he will not be receiving any fortune from his mother Gloria Vanderbilt.

"My mom's made clear to me that there's no trust fund," Cooper told Howard Stern on his radio show. "There's none of that."

Cooper's mom is the great-great-granddaughter of railroad and shipping mogul Cornelius Vanderbilt. Still stunning at 90 years old, the Manhattan socialite and former denim designer is reportedly worth a whopping $200 million.

Gloria's equally-successful son, however, told Stern he was okay with not receiving an inheritance at all. "I don't believe in inheriting money," he said. "I think it's an initiative sucker. I think it's a curse."

[VRWCarea51]

It looks like her right cheeck bone is melting...

[wbill]

"I don't believe in inheriting money,"...."I think it's a curse."

You know, I can handle that curse. Wonder if Gloria needs another, more appreciative, kid?

People who speak of money as "A Curse", IMO, have never wondered once in their lives how they're going to make their next house payment.

[SZonian]

If you have morals or values, you can’t...

[Tammy8]

Gloria must have been stunning in her day, my dad met her once and always talked about how beautiful she was. My dad was a cowboy on a ranch in Arizona when her family visited the owners of the ranch. He said they were very nice people, or at least they were to him.

[ELS]

Gloria must have been stunning in her day

And an earlier photo of her with Anderson ...

[Albion Wilde]

She was always gorgeous, and still is. But egads, those early-80s sofa pillows!!

[advertising guy]

I’m a 58 year old ex bull rider and my boobs are bigger’n hers....what a boney lil thing

[Albion Wilde]

Cooper's mom... the Manhattan socialite and former denim designer is reportedly worth a whopping $200 million.

Whopping? $200 mil is chump change for Manhattan socialites.

[Albion Wilde]

And she made me proofread the book.”

Ew. If that was how she raised him, no wonder he turned out the way he did.

[GreenHornet]

Still stunning at 90 years old

She may be 90, but she has the body of an 85 year old.

[hal ogen]

She doesn’t look a day older than 89.

[NorthMountain]

IMO, they’re both disgusting. It’s the difference between a pile of cow manure, and a rotting road-kill raccoon ... I don’t want to step in either one.

[driftdiver]

Beautiful? the dress maybe. IMO she has crazy eyes

[Albion Wilde]

Wonder where Anderson got his ideas, growing up with a jeans-designer single mother?

[NorthMountain]

Do you find that last photo more than a bit creepy?

It kinda grosses me out, actually.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I see Mom’s been enjoying the heck out of her inheritance for 90 years. What a hypocrite!! Oh wait she talked to Ted Turner and she’s giving it all to the UN. :-)

[1Old Pro]

Oh how they have fallen since the days of Cornelius Vanderbilt....

They say family fortunes are typically lost in 2 generations. Cornelius in today's dollars would probably me richer that Gates and Buffet combined. Thus, if Gloria only has 200 mill left she effectively has very little of the original fortune - BUT, I'd have to look at the family tree because there were probably many kids.

[1Old Pro]

I have a different name too. Man do I feel ripped...lol. Kinda like the Kennedy cousin Smith

[CodeToad]

We’d be disappointed if you wouldn’t.

[cva66snipe]

Jeans, Jeans da magical pants the tigher they are the better the chance.
The better the chance for someone to watch you trying to scratch that itch in your crotch.

Gilda Radner