Celebrities that were born rich

Armie Hammer is the great-grandson of renowned oil tycoon, philanthropist, and art collector Armand Hammer!





Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the daughter of French-born billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus.





Rooney & Kate Mara have football dynasties on BOTH sides of their family! Their paternal great-grandfather, Tim Mara, was the founder of the New York Giants in 1925! The Mara family still owns and operates the team to this day. Their maternal great-grandfather Art Rooney, Sr. founded the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the current chairman of the black and yellow is their great-uncle Dan Rooney. Together, the two teams have an estimated worth of $2.32 billion!






Anderson Cooper's mother is heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, of the famous Vanderbilt family worth millions! His great-great-grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune through the shipping and railroad industries. Anderson’s mother also dabbles in fashion design and art and is estimated to be worth more than $200 million!






Lana Del Rey’s dad is Rob Grant, a real estate broker and the president and CEO of Web Media Properties. Growing up in New York, Lana attended boarding school at a cost of over $40,000 per year!






Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal are descendants of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family! Their father is director Stephen Gyllenhaal and their mother Naomi is a screenwriter.





Darren Criss grew up rich in San Francisco where his father worked as a banker as well as being on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Opera! Then, his dad moved the family to Hawaii so that he could start his own bank, EastWest Bank!





Adam Levine’s father founded the retail chain M. Fredric. He attended the well-known private Brentwood School, where he met two of his future Maroon 5 bandmates. Adam is now estimated to be worth $50 million!





Kyra Sedgwick’s family roots can be traced to William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence! With several other prominent American ancestors, Kyra enjoyed a privileged lifestyle, growing up in Manhattan. Her father was a venture capitalist and her mother worked as a speech therapist.





Brooke Shields is a descendent of several noble Italian families! Her father was also an executive at Revlon.





Edward Norton’s family money comes from shopping mall developments! His maternal grandfather James Rouse founded The Rouse Company - a publicly traded company until it was acquired by General Growth Properties in 2004.





Paul Giamatti attended Yale University where his father was a professor of Italian Literature and then later became president of the university! His dad went on to become the commissioner of Major League Baseball in 1989!





Rashida Jones's father is media mogul Quincy Jones - the man responsible for turning Michael Jackson into a superstar! He produced countless other albums for world famous pop stars and has a fortune worth upwards of $350 million!





Balthazar Getty is probably best known for his brief affair with Sienna Miller and for his role on the drama series Brothers & Sisters. But as the great-grandson of Jean Paul Getty, founder of the Getty Oil Company, he’s now a life of luxury since the day he was born! His grandfather, Gordon Getty, is now in control of the company and is reported worth over $2 BILLION!





Carly Simon's father co-founded the Simon & Schuster publishing empire. She grew up in New York City and attended the exclusive Riverdale Country School.





Chevy Chase’s ancestors first arrived in Manhattan back in the early 1600s! He grew up, a fourteenth-generation New Yorker, with his father, a prominent book editor and magazine writer, and his mother, the adopted child of her stepfather Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to Crane Plumbing.





Spike Jonze is a descendent of the Spiegel family, famous for the Spiegel clothing and apparel catalogue. His father founded APM Management Consultants.