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Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American television host, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her
self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history.
She has been ranked the richest
African American of the 20th century
and beyond,
[www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/richest-black-americans-busienss-billionaires-richest-black-americans.html] the greatest black philanthropist in American history,
[www.biography.com/articles/Oprah-Winfrey-9534419?part=1] and was once the world's only
black billionaire.
[Oprah Winfrey the richest black person in the world. African Echo Vol. 43, September 11, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2006][ ][Oprah brings Tolle's 'Earth' to the classroom - USATODAY.com] She is also, according to
some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.
[The most influential US liberals: 1-20 - Telegraph]
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural
Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an
inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, including being
raped at the age of nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.
Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in
Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.
[Oprah Winfrey TV Show Bio History Life Story Email Address Write Ophra] Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place,
she launched her own production company and became internationally
syndicated.
