Oprah Winfrey Net Worth

Net Worth:	$3.5 Billion
Date of Birth:	January 29, 1954 (70 years old)
Gender:	Female
Height:	5 ft 6 in (1.69 m)
Profession:	Businessperson, Journalist, Actor, Media proprietor, Philanthropist, Presenter, Television producer, Film Producer
Nationality:	United States of America

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Oprah Winfrey is an American television icon, film producer, presenter, entrepreneur, journalist, and philanthropist who has a net worth of $3.5 billion. Oprah’s annual salary is $315 million.

Early Life

Oprah Winfrey was born on 29 January 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her mother’s name was Vernita Lee and she was a housekeeper. Vernon Winfrey is Oprah’s father and was working in the military when Oprah was born.

Oprah came from a poor background she was not opportune to have a happy childhood. Due to the circumstances that surrounded her family when she was a child she was exposed to lots of hardship and abuse as a child.

She was traumatized as a child  She had two siblings who are both dead. Her stepbrother Jeffrey died in 1989 from AIDS. Oprah’s sister Patricia died in 2003 due to drug addiction.

She went to Nashville and lived with her father when she was twelve years and was oppressed and tortured severely this made her abscond from home the following year as she could no longer stay there. Oprah put to birth when she was 14 years to a premature baby boy who died.

For her education, Oprah attended Lincoln High School in Milwaukee. She became the awardee of the Miss Black Beauty Tennessee Pageant at the age of seventeen this success earned her a half-time job as a newscaster in WVOL a regional black radio station.

When she was 19 years she was given a scholarship at Tennessee State University and she studied communication.

Media Career

History has it that Oprah is the youngest newscaster and the very first black female newscaster on WLAC Television. At 22, she got a job at WJZ station in Baltimore where she worked as a co-newscaster on the 6 o’clock news.

She became a co-presenter in a talk show titled People Are Talking in 1978. Surprisingly, within the space of two years in the regional Baltimore market, she outsmarted Phil Donahue.

The American presenter has changed the lives of many people through her inspirational and motivational speeches. Over the years the American icon has made a name globally.

 Oprah’s Endorsements

Oprah Winfrey in ranking is the fourth wealthiest celebrity in the world and also the richest woman in America. Oprah Winfrey came on board as a billionaire in 1999.

This new feat in her career earned her the position of becoming the first black American female billionaire all thanks to her several deals and businesses.

Between 1999 and 2000 she made a huge amount of $300 million annually from her show’s production and Dr. Phil’s and Rachael Ray’s shows.

The American icon has produced and starred in a lot of movies. She started her acting career way back in the 1990s. Oprah has been a producer of several tv programs, shows, miniseries, and documentaries. In 2015.

The American philanthropist won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2011. she became a board member of Weight Watchers in 2015. The tv star signed a contract with Apple in 2019 for show productions.

Out of 26 nominations, Oprah Winfrey has received 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, she has twice won the Primetime Emmys, once won the Tony Award, and also the Golden Globe Award.

Oprah Winfrey has been a two-time awardee of the Academy Award and several other awards she has also made some interviews with important personalities all over the globe.

The American icon has attended greater feats ever since her debut her popularity and recognition are extremely great.

When talking about celebrities that have made a great impact on the lives of others the American star is among such.

Charity

The American philanthropist has engaged in several acts of charity. Her random acts of kindness have won her a lot of admiration all over the globe. She has sponsored over $400 million in scholarships at Atlanta’s Morehouse College.

Her Oprah Angel Network which started in 1998 has generated over $400 million for other organizations. The American icon is the founder of an academy in south Africa called Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, she has also gifted the sum of $40 million to run the affairs of the school.

Her charitable acts are so massive. Her Oprah’s Angel Network gifted the sum of $11 million for the Hurricane Katrina relief. The American Philanthropist also made her own contribution of $10 million.

She made a donation of $12 million in 2003 to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and also got the Presidential Medal from President Barack Obama in 2013.

Real Estate

Interestingly, Oprah has real estate in her possession in the US with over $200 million in worth. She marketed her home in Chicago in 2015 for the sum of $4.625 million and also marked her house in Atlanta in 2008 for the sum of $1.8 million.

In 2001 she acquired a massive real estate in Montecito for the sum of $50 million. In 2002 she acquired the property in Maui that worthed $60 million. She acquired a home worth $14 million in Colorado in 2014.

The American icon has a lot of properties in her name and has made greater wealth and fame.

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