Anderson Cooper Biography, Age, Wiki, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family & More

Publish date: 2024-05-07

Award-winning journalist Anderson Hays Cooper is an American celebrity who is quite famous as a television personality. He is famous for his work with the CNN TV channel. Cooper is known for his high standards of journalism and has covered many global news events around the world.

He has traveled from Vietnam, Somalia, and Rwanda to many war-ravaged regions of the world and filmed stories. He then accepted a role as an ABC News reporter and then started hosting a reality show called ‘The Mole.’

Since then, he has covered a variety of important stories, such as the tsunami in Sri Lanka, the death of Pope John Paul II, the wars in Egypt and Syria, the bombing of the Boston Marathon, and the shootings of Sandy Hook. He currently hosts the ‘Anderson Cooper 360°’ television news program.

Born on the 3rd of June 1967. He is tall and has maintained his weight to 70 kg while his height is 5 feet 10 inches. With his body figure measurements of 40-32-34, he still appears to be quite attractive. Cooper has white-colored hair and the color of his eyes is grey, he does not experiment with his looks often.

Date Of BirthJune 3, 1967
Age56 Years
HeightIn Centimetres -178 cm

In Feet and Inches – 5′ 10″

WeightIn Kilograms – 70 Kg

In Pounds – 154 lbs

Body Measurements40-32-34
Eye ColorGrey
Hair ColorWhite
Shoe Size8 (US)

As one of the most successful news anchors in the world, Anderson Cooper has been awarded multiple awards and is one of the most recognized TV personalities. He has earned most of his wealth through his career in journalism as well as his work as an author. The total net worth estimated for Anderson Cooper is $25 million US dollars as of now.

The native of New York Anderson Cooper was born and raised in Manhattan. He studied at Dalton’s school and later attended the university graduating with a degree in political science.

The son of Wyatt Emory Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, he grew up with his brother Carter Vanderbilt Cooper but all of his close family is now deceased. He has been in a relationship twice with his partner Cesar Recioand Benjamin Maisani.

NicknameAnderson
Birth PlaceManhattan, New York, United States of America
ProfessionTV Personality, Journalist, and Author
Sexual OrientationGay
SchoolDaltons School
CollegeYale University
ReligionChristianity
NationalityAmerican
Home TownManhattan, New York, United States of America
Fathers NameLate Wyatt Emory Cooper (Writer)

Mothers NameLate Gloria Vanderbilt (Actress, Social Worker, Fashion Icon)

BrothersCarter Vanderbilt Cooper (Dead),

Leopold Stanislaus “Stan” Stokowski (Step-brother),

Christopher Stokowski (Step-brother)

SisterNone

His first job after college was as a fact-checker for a smaller news agency called ‘Channel One.’ In 1995, he was made an ABC News correspondent. Finally, in 1999, he became co-anchor of the ‘World News Now’ show. He began hosting ABC’s reality show ‘The Mole’ in 2000. In 2001, he returned to broadcasting news by joining CNN.

Initially, before becoming CNN’s weekend prime-time anchor in 2002, he anchored alongside Paula Zahn in ‘American Morning’. He began to anchor ‘Anderson Cooper 360°,’ a CNN news show that is broadcast internationally on CNN International. As a temporary arrangement, he was later added to the program ‘NewsNight’ in 2005 as a co-anchor.

In 2007, with Sanjay Gupta and Jeff Corwin on CNN, he also hosted the documentary ‘Planet in Peril.’ Cooper also acts as the news show ’60 Minutes’ reporter for CBS. In 2016, he became the first openly gay person to moderate the second Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump presidential debate.

PartnerJulio Cesar Recio (2004-2009),

Benjamin Maisani (2009-2018)

Marital StatusUnmarried
WifeNone

Here we provide you the list of Anderson Cooper’s favorite things.

Favorite PeopleHis late brother Carter Cooper
Favorite RefugeHis tropical home in Trancoso
Favorite AnimalsDogs
Favorite Music BandScissor Sisters
favorite foodFlavored popcorn, Water Ices
Favorite Everyday RitualMeditation

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