Anderson Hayes Cooper was born on June 3, 1967, and is often regarded as the world's richest journalist. The 54-year-old, who was born into a wealthy New York City family, is the anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," which pays him a whopping $12 million each year. According to finance.yahoo.com, the American-born television journalist and comedian is worth $250 million, the most of which comes from his employment.

Cooper was born in New York City into a distinguished family, the son of heiress Gloria Vanderbilt and novelist Wyatt Emory Cooper. Cooper began working as a fact-checker for Channel One News, a news program carried in many American middle and high schools, in 1990, after receiving a B.A. in political science (1989) from Yale University. During this period, he obtained a press pass and flew to Southeast Asia, where he self-produced coverage of Myanmar's political unrest (Burma). Channel One ran these news segments, and Cooper was eventually named chief foreign correspondent.

Net worth: $250 million

While at ABC News, Diane Sawyer anchors important programs such as ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime Newsmagazine. Prior to becoming a journalist, she worked on President Richard Nixon's White House staff and aided with his post-presidency memoirs. She currently works for ABC News, where she produces documentaries and interview specials.

Sawyer has been a trailblazer for female journalists and one of the most known and respected faces in journalism over her 46-year career. But it was her interview with Amanda Knox in 2013 that grabbed the most attention. Another stunning young lady is in her future: Sawyer will do the first U.S. television interview with Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani student who was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 because she felt girls should have the right to attend school. 2013 HIGHLIGHT: In May, ABC declared that "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" was having its best season in two years.

Net th: $100 million

Bill O'Reilly, Fox's conservative political analyst, is worth $50 million. He was paid $20 million per year for his Fox show "The O'Reilly Factor," which aired from 1996 through 2011.

Bill O'Reilly was born in 1949 in New York City and began his career as a news reporter for local television stations as well as for ABC and NBC News. O'Reilly presented the entertainment show "Inside Edition" from 1989 until 1995. For 16 years, "The O'Reilly Factor" was the highest-rated cable news show. From 1996 to 2011, O'Reilly was married to Maureen McPhilmy. The pair has a son and a daughter.

O'Reilly, who was dismissed from Fox News after an inquiry into harassment charges he rejected, has had a prosperous career. He made seven figures at Fox News before being fired and collected a piece of his reputedly $25 golden parachute thereafter, while selling over two million books throughout our scoring period. "Old School" debuted at the top of the New York Times best-seller list. With more severance to come next year, O'Reilly may be leaving Fox, but his earnings are not going down.

Net th: $50 million

Brian Williams is the current Chief Anchor for MSNBC's television news department. He is the news station's nightly host of "The 11th Hour with Brian Williams." From 2004 until 2014, Williams was the managing editor and host of "NBC Nightly News."

Williams was fired from NBC after it was discovered that he had made up tales concerning his coverage of the Iraq War in 2003. Williams was born in 1959 in New Jersey. He went to George Washington University and The Catholic University of America to study. Before joining NBC in 1993, he worked in radio news in Kansas, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia.

He was the station's Chief White House Correspondent. Williams was a substitute anchor on "NBC Nightly News" for Tom Brokaw before taking over as anchor in 2004. Williams and his wife of 30 years live in Connecticut. Allison, their daughter, starring in HBO's "Girls." Their son works as a sports anchor in New York City.

Net worth: $40 million

The next person on the list one of the richest journalists is Robin Roberts.

Robin Roberts is the richest female news anchor in the world. Her net worth is $35 million, while her annual salary is $18 million.

During her career at ABC's Good Morning America, Robin Roberts won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program. While on assignment, she interviewed President Barack Obama, traveled to the Middle East with Laura Bush, and hiked the Mayan Pyramids in Mexico. Roberts, a 1983 Southeastern Louisiana University communications graduate who began reporting for GMA in 1995, is a 20-year broadcast veteran who also contributes to ABC's red carpet and primetime coverage.

Roberts, a former member of the SLU Lady Lions women's basketball team, was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Roberts worked for ESPN from 1990 to 2005, leading the sports network's renowned SportsCenter and contributing to NFL PrimeTime.

Net woth: $35 million

Megyn Kelly is one of the highest-paid female journalists in the profession. Megyn Marie Kelly is an American lawyer and journalist who was a Fox News talk show host from 2004 to 2017, and an NBC News host and reporter from 2017 to 2018. She presently hosts a podcast, The Megyn Kelly Show, and is active on her Instagram and YouTube channels.

George Stephanopoulos advised former President Bill Clinton throughout his first presidential campaign and into his second administration. He began his career in Washington, D.C., with then-Rep. Ed Feighan (D-Ohio), and also worked on Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign in 1988. Stephanopoulos joined Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1991 as a deputy campaign manager for communications. In an interview with PBS, Stephanopoulos stated that "Clinton made you feel like a part of his team from the minute you met him."

Net woth: $30 million

David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American television journalist who works for NBC News and CNBC as the lead general news anchor and broadcasts The News with Shepard Smith, a daily evening newscast that will debut in the autumn of 2020. Smith is most known for his 23-year tenure with Fox News Channel, which he joined in 1996 and served as chief anchor and managing editor of the breaking news division.

During his time at Fox News, Smith presented various shows, including Fox Report, Studio B, and Shepard Smith Reporting. Smith came out as homosexual in 2017, sparking homophobic outcry from conservative Fox viewers, some of whom asked that his show be cancelled.

He departed the station in 2019. Smith remarked in a 2021 interview with Christiane Amanpour that his participation on Fox had become "untenable" owing to the "falsehoods" and "lies" purposefully broadcast on the network's opinion programming.

Net Worth: $25 million

The California-born American entertainment reporter, journalist, TV host, producer, and actress is one of the richest journalists on our list. Lisa Marie Joyner is well known for co-hosting TLC's 'long lost family' since 2016. She began her career as an intern at KNBC-TV before working her way up the media ladder to become one of America's top TV hosts. Her net worth is $14 million.

Her InFANity segments on the television Guide Network initially brought her national attention. Lisa Marie Joyner is married to actor Jon Cryer from Two and a Half Men. Joyner is an adoptive parent as well as an adoptee.

She sought for and located her birth family in her 30s. She co-hosts the American Broadcasting Company network's edition of Find My Family with Tim Green. Adoptees are reunited with their biological families on the show.

Net woth: $14 million

Jackie Guerrido (born September 24, 1972) is a Puerto Rican weather forecaster and journalist for Univision's Primer Impacto. Her net worth is $10 million.

Guerrido grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she attended primary and high school. Guerrido claims that her father mistreated her mother, thus when she was seven years old, she and her sister had to seek protection with their mother in the "Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos," a domestic violence shelter in San Juan. She relocated to The Bronx, New York City, with her family after graduating from high school.

A producer who heard Guerrido doing a voice-over gave her a job on WSKQ's morning show, El Vacilon de la Maana ("Good times in the morning"). She accepted an offer from WRMA in Miami shortly after.

Guerrido relocated to Miami and joined the HBC Radio Company after a year at "Romance." She was offered the opportunity to co-host a radio show that broadcasted news and traffic conditions. She eventually got her own music program on WRTO. She also got a position as a traffic reporter for WSCV, Miami's Telemundo station, so she was working for both radio and television at the same time.

Net th: $10 million