Net Worth: $12 million
Source: Timothy Christopher Mara
The very elegant, very gorgeous Rooney Mara is best known for her rise to fame for her role in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But let’s not forget that she is also notorious (in a good way of course!) for appearing on pretty much every “Best Dressed Celeb” list! Aside from these two hard facts, Mara is, in fact, an heiress. Born in upstate New York, she has since made the pilgrimage over to Hollywood and resides in the exclusive suburb of A-listers: the Hollywood Hills.
An attendee of George Washington University and New York University, she was a girl with a back-up plan, getting an education just in case! As for her family’s fortune, the Mara family invested in the Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Team. As the co-owners of the team, they’re worth quite a bit of cash. Back to her breakout role, where she appeared as the mysterious, badass hacker Lisbeth Salander, it is pretty amazing that her first role was to put her not just near the spotlight, but directly in it. Her performance won her many prestigious accolades, including Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. Rich, beautiful AND talented. What a woman!
North West
Net Worth: $130 million
Source: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (Parents)
Tbh this kid is like, one of the wealthiest celebrity kids, ever. North West, the first daughter of iconic rapper Kanye West and his reality star and entertainment queen Kim Kardashian. Whilst she was born prematurely, she’s, in fact, Kim’s first natural pregnancy, but the star has admitted later on that pregnancy wasn’t exactly blissful for her! With the money they’ve got, it’s no wonder she went the surrogate route! North West’s upbringing, however, has come under much scrutiny, particularly after she was firstly snapped at Christmas time sporting red lipstick, as well as wearing heels to one of her cousins’ birthday parties.
Look, if the kid wants to put on some lippie and practice strutting her stuff in mommy’s heels, whatever! At the end of the day, this kid is going to have a million people telling her what to do when she’s older, so let the girl be herself! Spiel over (soz not soz), but North West now has her own career! She’s appeared in TV commercials, and even in a Paul McCartney’s music video (with her daddy Kanye alongside of course!) Being the daughter of Kanye, naturally, she’s going to be decked out in the latest Yeezy collections. So yeah, that means she’s got a (fire) wardrobe that’s worth thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars. Ah, how the other half (ok maybe not half) lives eh?
Giada De Laurentiis
Net Worth: $20 million
Source: Dino De Laurentiis
One of America’s favorite celebrity TV chefs, next up is Rome-born Giada de Laurentiis! The TV personality, author and chef is best known as being the host of Giada at Home. The Food Network star was just so good at presenting that the Today Show frequently has her on as a guest host! In many ways she’s America’s answer to Nigella Lawson. (But nobody beats Nigella, sorry Giada!) As for her wealth, most of it has been accumulated off the back of her own work of course, but it is worth noting that both her parents were both in the film industry. Her mother’ father Dino de Laurentiis was a famous movie producer, and her mother, Veronica, was an Italian actress! Her father too was an actor and producer who knew Dino quite well – so it seems that her entertainment business connections didn’t start at Giada!
She’s won a number of awards for her TV hosting aptitude, including an Emmy for the category of Lifestyle Host. Not bad at all! She’s received a Gracie award, as well as being inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame! So whilst she is quite nice to look at, she’s also very good in the kitchen, and earned her credentials from Le Cordon Bleu!
Anderson Cooper
Net Worth: $110 million
Source: Gloria Vanderbilt
When you hear his name, you may be initially scratching your head – but Anderson Cooper is a name that is definitely not one to be messed around with! He’s related to the Vanderbilt’s – aha, yes, now you’re with us! The family, which holds one of the largest fortunes in the United States, extends to Cooper. We’re sure he realized pretty early on that this was definitely a good thing!
Despite his access to the astounding wealth of the Vanderbilt’s, he is successful in his own right, founding a career in journalism. An author, journalist and TV personality, Cooper host the popular CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360. But he didn’t slide straight into the hosting chair – he started as a fact checker for Channel One before moving up and making his career! A Yale University alumnus, Cooper also has the looks! Taking after his iconic fashionista mother Gloria Vanderbilt, Cooper modelled for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren (tbh, they’re all friends, so makes sense that high society elevates their own!). Rewind a little further and you might remember a young Cooper as a child model for Harper’s Bazaar!
Robert Ziff
Net Worth: $4.8 billion
Source: William Bernard Ziff, Jr.
One-third of the Ziff brothers, Robert Ziff is next up. He, like his brothers, took his five percent of the Ziff-Davis publishing empire and invested it separately. Whether that was the best move will never be known, despite the fact that the initial financial management firm ended up being dissolved! Maybe the brothers should’ve stuck with the family business! The Ziff Brothers Investments used their inheritance in assets and holdings to manage hedge funds as well as to invest in real estate and commodities. But despite their efforts, it worked out better for them to close up shop and go their separate ways.
Despite the bump in the road, Ziff continued to invest his father’s hard-earned wealth, and he was backed by a serious education. Did you know that Robert Ziff graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in electrical and computer engineering, and then went on to finish Cornell Law School as the first in his class? Smart cookie! Ziff made headlines later on when he began openly donating millions to Republican politicians who support LGBTQ marriage, which was a break from the party’s more traditionalist platform. His brothers supported him in this venture, though it was of course, controversial and questioned by the media! #loveislove?