In a CNN segment aired on Anderson Cooper’s show analyzing Paris Hilton’s appearance on The Larry King show, Matthew Miller from Forbes Magazine says there’s no doubt Paris Hilton makes enough money to live on and isn’t living off her family’s wealth. He says she commands tens to hundreds of thousands just to show up, and that her business ventures include perfume, purses, cellphone video games, and her reality show “The Simple Life.”

She earned at least $7 million last year, with about $1 million coming from “The Simple Life.”

Paris is a savvy businesswoman, he says, but is also extremely lucky to have been born into such a wealthy family. By even talking about her, the Forbes journalists say, she stands to make more coin for future appearances.

Here’s the video, thanks to ONTD:

We’ll cover more of the Anderson Cooper analysis of Paris shortly. It’s pretty interesting.