More than a statue: Cooper explores the Vanderbilt legacy - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

When Anderson Cooper was 6 years old, his father took him to see the statue of Cornelius “The Commodore” Vanderbilt near New York’s Grand Central Terminal. The transportation magnate was America’s richest man when he died in 1877, the 19th century equivalent of Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. He was also Cooper’s great-great-great grandfather. For…

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