Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in 1954 on January 29. She nowadays is known for her successful infotainment talk show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’. This talk show is the most successful talk show in American television history.
Oprah Winfrey is one of the highest paid talk show hosts out there. She earns a whopping $225,000,000 every year. But hosting a popular talk show isn’t the only way she makes money. She also recently added a weekly XM satellite radio show as well as a daily syndicated talk show with Rachel Ray.
Oprah is also known for her charitable acts. Last year Oprah built a new school in Africa for girls, a $40,000,000 school called the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.
The Oprah Winfrey Show has won many Emmy Awards as a result of the hard work Oprah has put in since the beginning of her television career. One of the reasons Oprah is so loved by millions of people (especially women) around the world is her public struggle with personal issues like obesity. Over the years, people who watched her TV show were able to join Oprah as she tried a new diet, started exercising, and happily announced her successful weight loss. Being a pioneer when it comes to connecting weight problems with emotional excess, she has been an eye-opener for many people.
Oprah is known for more than just being a talk show host, host, and producer. She has played roles in movies (the most memorable of which is ‘The Color Purple’) and has won an Academy Award for her acting skills. Oprah also publishes her own magazine (the successful ‘O’) and is considered the most philanthropic African-American of all time.
At 17, Oprah began her radio and television career working at a radio station in her Tennessee area. According to his grandmother, Oprah took care of other games and toys besides normal children. He would spend his time interviewing her dolls and the ravens sitting on the fences near his house. She is a perfect example of someone who made her way up from a very poor background living with a mother on welfare. Oprah says that this background of hers made her the successful woman that she is today.