Many celebrities have built their wealth from the dirt up, but several were delivered into luxury.
Among these affluent families are celebrities akin Anderson Cooper, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Nick Kroll, who have had admission to huge prosperity and opportunities from an first age.
These stars were set up for achievement before strolling into the spotlight, which, in several cases, shaped their way to fame and fortune.
Here are 15 celebrities who were raised in affluent families before they became famous.
1. Nick Kroll
Kroll is an actor, comedian, writer, and manufacturer known for Comedy Central's "The Kroll Show" and for creating and leading in Netflix's "Big Mouth" and "Human Resources," among another hit shows, but he's not the lone achievement narrative in his family.
His father, Jules Kroll, founded a company inquiry company, Kroll Inc., which he sold in 2004 for nearly $2 billion, Forbes reported in 2014.
Nick Kroll grew up in Westchester County, New York. In 2009, he told The New Yorker that he and his siblings had a comparatively normal childhood. He additionally stated that although he was grateful that his begetter made period for him notwithstanding his job, he felt embarrassed whenever Jules would attain at his Little League games in a limousine.
2. Anderson Cooper
Journalist and commentator Anderson Cooper is a straightforward descendant of the Vanderbilts.
His great-great-great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, built his fortune chiefly through investing in steamships and railroads.
"He had additional prosperity than the US Treasury," Cooper told CBS in 2021.
Cooper's mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, grew up an American socialite since of her family's status. She afterward became an artist, actor, designer, and author. She died in 2019.
His father, Wyatt Emory Cooper, was Vanderbilt's fourth husband. Before he died at the age of 50, he worked as an author and an actor.
3. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow comes from a family of entertainment-industry natives. She spent her younker at distinguished personal schools in Los Angeles and New York City before dropping out of university to act.
Bruce Paltrow, her father, was a nine-time Emmy-nominated director and producer. His most notable titles contain "St. Elsewhere" and "White Shadow." Meanwhile, her mother is Emmy- and Tony-winning performer Blythe Danner of "Meet the Parents," "Meet the Fockers," and "The Last Kiss."
Despite her parents' success, Paltrow refers to herself as "completely self-made."
"People think, 'She's fair a affluent kid.' Until I was 18, I was. Then I was broke. I've never taken a dime off my parents. I'm entirely self-made," she told Glamour in 2016.
4. Cara Delevingne
Supermodel and actor Cara Delevingne is the female of Charles Delevingne, a prosperous real-estate developer, and Pandora Delevingne, a socialite. Her paternal grandma was a socialite, and her paternal gramps was a notable attorney and politician.
But that's not anywhere it ends. According to Vogue, Cara's maternal grandfather, Sir Jocelyn Stevens, owned Queen magazine, which is now Harper's Bazaar. Further, her maternal grandmother, Janie Sheffield, was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
5. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the great-great-granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, who founded the Louis Dreyfus Company, a merchant resolute that deals chiefly with agriculture, food, and shipping.
Her father, Gerard Louis-Dreyfus, eventually became chairman of the company. In 2006, concerning 10 years before his death, Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.4 milliard and classified him the 200th-richest billionaire in the world.
In 2018, the "Seinfeld" celebrity told The New Yorker that her father's prosperity is overestimated by the media and that she finds the term "billionaire heiress" to be "heinous."
6. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Their father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, is an Emmy-winning director who has worked on films specified as "Paris Trout," "Homegrown," and "A Dangerous Woman." Their mother, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning screenwriter whose most notable movie is "Running On Empty."
The Gyllenhaal siblings, Maggie and Jake, have had prolific careers since their costarring breakout roles in "Donnie Darko" in 2001.
In 2010, Jake told The Guardian, "My mother would say that there are group who have so much prosperity who don't provision any of it away, and there are another group who have much small money, who provision additional than the richest group in the world. It should all be concerning giving item back."
7. King Princess
Pop creator King Princess — or Mikaela Mullaney Straus — is the great-great-grandchild of Isidor and Ida Straus.
Before the brace cut casualty to the Titanic's sinking, Isidor served in the United States Congress and co-owned Macy's alongside his brother. Isidor and Ida Straus have been depicted in multiple movies and have a memorial storyline in New York City.
In 2019, King Princess told Rolling Stone that she didn't inherit their money.
"They were extremely affluent and Jewish, [but] I didn't inherit any of this money. It was a small frustrating, but whatever," she said.
The pop star's father, Oliver Straus, is additionally successful. He owns a record studio in Brooklyn called Mission Sound, anywhere world-famous bands akin the Arctic Monkeys have recorded music.
8. Armie Hammer
Armand Hammer, Armie Hammer's great-grandfather, was an oil tycoon who managed Occidental Petroleum Corporation. In 1986, Forbes estimated Armand Hammer's net value to be $200 million.
However, Armand Hammer's biographer, Neil Lyndon, referred to him as "the most satanic man of the second fractional of the 20th Century" and the "embodiment of sin [and] ruthless ego" in a 2022 docuseries, "House of Hammer."
Armie Hammer has additionally been mired in controversy. In 2021, multiple women accused him of intimate and affectional abuse. At the time, Armie stated any interactions alongside his partners were consensual and denied the allegations. The Los Angeles Police Department investigated a assertion of intimate assault, but he was not charged. In 2023, he told Air Mail he'd been emotionally abusive to his accusers.
9. Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey, whose stated name is Lizzy Grant, is the female of Rob Grant, the originator of WebMediaProperties.com. According to Who API, Grant's business operated 1,600 websites and owned concerning 800 domain names as of 2012.
A 2012 part in The Guardian by Paul Harris discusses how Lana Del Rey hid her genuine character as she rosy to stardom.
"People were doubtful of the way Grant's unsuccessful album, and all her social media websites appeared to have been scrubbed from the net fair before Del Rey appeared," Harris wrote.
The identical part additionally claims that her begetter backed her occupation whenever she was fair starting out.
10. Nicola Peltz Beckham
Actor Nicola Peltz Beckham, who has appeared in TV shows akin "Bates Motel" and "Welcome to Chippendales" and movies including "Transformers: Age of Extinction," wed Brooklyn Beckham — son of Victoria and David Beckham — in 2022. But equal before her wedding day, she was part of a high-profile family known for its power in endeavor and social circles.
She was delivered in 1995 to parents Claudia Heffner and Nelson Peltz in Westchester, New York — her father is the originator of the funding resolute Trian Fund Management and has an estimated net value of $1.5 billion according to Forbes.
In a 2024 discussion with WWD, Peltz Beckham acknowledged that she didn't have an upbringing akin that of her character in "Lola," in which she starred as a stripper.
"I wanted to compose a narrative from a person's viewpoint and another item of perspective that was not my individual perspective and not my upbringing. I am an actor and my aspiration is to get to appearance at the earth from distinct perspectives," she said.
11. Stella Lefty
Singer Stella Lefty is the female of Eric Lefkofsky, CEO of Tempus AI and originator of Groupon. In Forbes' 2026 ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans, Lefkofsky classified 261st alongside an estimated net value of $6.5 billion.
Business Insider's Callie Alhgrim reported a lot of negative online conversation concerning Lefty concerning her fame in connection to her father.
"Obviously, there's going to be this conversation about it, which I totally understand," Lefty told Vanity Fair in an discussion published in August this year.
12. Jessica Pegula
Tennis participant Jessica Pegula is the female of Terry and Kim Pegula, who own the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. Terry Pegula founded the oil and gas business East Resources, which he sold the bulk of for $4.7 milliard in 2010, according to Forbes.
Terry Pegula ranked 120th in Forbes' 2026 catalog of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
Jessica Pegula stated in an event of Netflix's "Break Point" that "some group get this depiction that it's really uncomplicated for me since my dad is extremely wealthy, but that didn't happen till I was 17 or 18," adding that "they gave me a awesome younker and instilled a lot of activity ethic in me."
13. Kate and Rooney Mara
Actors Kate and Rooney Mara are the daughters of Chris Mara and Kathleen Rooney, who arrive from NFL royalty.
Chris Mara's gramps founded the New York Giants, and Rooney's gramps founded the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to People.
In 2015, Forbes estimated the Rooney family's net value at $1.2 billion.
14. Emma Navarro
Tennis participant Emma Navarro is the female of billionaire businessman Ben Navarro.
He cofounded Sherman Financial Group and has an estimated net value of $3.2 billion, according to the Forbes 2026 World Billionaires list.
In a 2021 discussion alongside Charleston Magazine, Emma Navarro said: "My dad has continually been in my corner, getting me the coaching and training, any I needed."
15. Gracie Abrams
Singer Gracie Abrams is the female of Katie McGrath and J.J. Abrams.
J.J. Abrams is a filmmaker rearward shows akin "Lost" and important films, including several in the "Star Wars" series. He is the co-CEO of Bad Robot Productions, which Katie McGrath additionally leads.
"I had a safety net, and that allowed me the capability to test and to concentrate, and I had the current of period to dedicate to doing this item I loved," Abrams stated in an event of The New York Times' Popcast.
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