Why did the world's greatest fortune vanish? CNN icon Anderson Cooper reveals the cautionary history of the Vanderbilt ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Anderson Cooper, the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, doesn't believe in ...

"My mom's made clear to me that there's no trust fund," Cooper once told Howard Stern in a radio interview first reported by Business Insider. "There's none of that." "I don't believe in inheriting ...

The rise and fall of America’s greatest fortune is a story filled with ambition, excess, family feuds, and astonishing tragedy. The Vanderbilt dynasty transformed from humble Dutch immigrants into the ...