Here's All You Need To Know About Oprah Winfrey

About

Oprah Winfrey is an American Talk show host television producer, actress, author and philanthropist. She is best known for her talks show the Oprah Winfrey show, show the Oprah Winfrey show broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.

Known For

• The richest African American of the 20th century.

• The world's only black billionaire.

• The most influential women in the world (By 2007)

AGE: 68

BORN YEAR: 29 Jan 1954

BORN COUNTRY: Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.

WORKS: Media projects 

OCCUPATION: Author, Television producer, Television presenter, Actress, 

Media proprietor, and Philanthropist. 

TITLE: Chairman, CEO and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network,

Chairman and CEO of harps productions.

Oprah's Early Life:-

Her mother was a single teenager, so she lived on her grandparent's farm for several years.

At age six, Oprah went to leave her mother who was working as a housemaid where she was made to sleep on the porch by the boarding house owner at just nine years old Oprah was Raped by her 19-year-old cousin.

As time went on a family and uncles would also abuse the vulnerable young girl and early teenager she became pregnant and her son was died. 

She moved to Nashville, Tennessean at age 14 to live with her father Oprahremember appreciating his strict structure.

Oprah was the miss  Black Tennessean beauty pageant at 17. By 19 she was co-anchor for the local evening news.

Career:-

By the mid-1990s Winfrey had reunited her show with a focus on literature self-improvement,

Mindfulness and spirituality. She has also been paused for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others she also emerges s a political force in the 2008 presidential race. 

In 2008 she formed her network the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). She is also nominated for an Oscar.

 Awards:-

• Lifetime achievement award

• The chairman Award

• Two Primetime Emmy Award

• The bob hope humanitarian Award

• A Tony Award 

• A Peabody Award 

• The jean Hers-halt Humanitarian Award

Net Worth 

2.5 billion USD

What does Oprah Winfrey teach us?

• Education is the key to progress.

• Be authentic and intentional.

• Don’t be afraid to try something new,

• Your past doesn’t define you 

• Find success through service.

Written By: Apoorva Giraj