The field of journalism is very tough and competitive, and you must be something special to survive. Anderson Hays Cooper is still in the race because he is so passionate about his work and has unique skills to beat his competitors.

He is a talented man and has served in the field of journalism. He is also an author and a great journalist. He is very popular TV personality and is famous for his show in which he serves as an anchor, and the show's name is Anderson Cooper 360.

His show is broadcast-ed by the mighty CNN channel. His show is always broadcasted live from the studio which is in New York City. He is also popular for broadcasting breaking news stories from the location where it has happened.

He has also done another very popular talk show, and it is called Anderson Live. As the show has his name attached to it, it can be said that he is the main focus point and the reason behind the success of the show.

Anderson was born in 1967 on 3rd June which makes him 47 years old at this moment. At this late age, he is still very active and looks excellent and can give hard competition to any young anchors and can beat them easily in context to charm and good looks. He is a tall man with a height of 1.78 meters. He is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Emory and has three siblings.

Anderson is gay, and he has accepted it openly which is a very bold step to do. As he is gay dating woman, having a girlfriend and affair with a woman is out of context. He is in a relationship with his gay partner and boyfriend Benjamin Maisani.

As he is gay he will never get married to a woman, have a wife. Because of all these reasons, divorce is out of context. He has no regrets of his sexual preference and it is an example to all the gay people throughout the world.

Anderson is very popular and successful, and his net worth which is a whooping, mind-boggling 100 million U.S dollars shows that.  

He has an annual salary of 11 million U.S dollars, and he is living his dream at this moment. He is an inspiration to everyone out there and is an example of hard work and passion. On the internet, his shirtless photos can be found, but all of them are not real.

Anderson success can be escalated from the awards he has received till now. He has received Bronze Telly Award in the year 1993. He has been nominated for Emmy Awards for five times and has won it three times.

He has won GLAAD Media Award twice and National Order of Honour and Merit once in the year 2010. He has won Peabody Award once in the year 2005.

He worked as a co-anchor in a show called World News Now from the year 1999 to 2000. He was the primary host of the show The Mole from 2001 to 2002. He worked as a correspondent in 60 minutes from the year 2007.

Anderson is very popular on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in which he discusses hot breaking news and his opinions and addresses his fans.

A lot of information about this Television and Journalism icon can be found in wiki sites like Wikipedia. Anderson has already been such an icon, and more is yet to come in the career of this legend.