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Residence Alma mater Occupation • Host of (1986–2011) • Chairwoman and CEO of (1986–present) • Chairwoman, CEO and CCO of the (2011–present) • Actress • Author Years active 1971–present Salary $75 million (2013) Net worth 2.6 (January 2019) Political party Partner(s) (1986–present) Children Canaan (born c. 1968, died c. 1968) Website Signature Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American,,,. She is best known for her talk show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in. Dubbed the 'Queen of All Media', she was the richest of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. She has also been sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural to a teenage single mother and later raised in inner-city.

She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teens and became pregnant at 14; her son was born and died in infancy. Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news.

Winfrey's often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer 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. Credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication, Winfrey popularized and revolutionized the genre pioneered. Through this medium, Winfrey broke 20th-century taboos and allowed people to enter the mainstream through television appearances. In 1994, she was inducted into the. By the mid-1990s, Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, mindfulness and spirituality. Though she was criticized for unleashing a confession culture, promoting controversial ideas, and having an emotion-centered approach, she has also been praised for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others.

Winfrey had also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race, delivering about one million votes to In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the by President and honorary doctorate degrees from. In 2008, she formed her own network,. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life Winfrey's first name was spelled ' on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the, but people mispronounced it regularly and 'Oprah' stuck.

She was born in, to an unmarried teenage mother. She later said that her conception was due to a single sexual encounter and the couple broke up not long after. Her mother, Vernita Lee (1935–2018), was a housemaid. Winfrey's biological father is usually noted as Vernon Winfrey (born c. 1933), a coal miner turned barber turned city councilman who had been in the Armed Forces when she was born.

However, Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran Noah Robinson Sr. 1925) has claimed to be her biological father. A in 2006 determined that her matrilineal line originated among the ethnic group, in the area that today is. Her genetic makeup was determined to be 89% Sub-Saharan African, 8%, and 3% East Asian. Propisi dlya korrekcii pocherka iphone.

However, the East Asian markers may, given the imprecision of genetic testing, actually be Native American. After Winfrey's birth, her mother traveled north, and Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother, Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee (April 15, 1900 – February 27, 1963), who was so poor that Winfrey often wore dresses made of potato sacks, for which the local children made fun of her. Her grandmother taught her to read before the age of three and took her to the local church, where she was nicknamed 'The Preacher' for her ability to recite Bible verses. When Winfrey was a child, her grandmother would hit her with a stick when she did not do chores or if she misbehaved in any way. At age six, Winfrey moved to an inner-city neighborhood in,, with her mother, who was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother had been, largely as a result of the long hours she worked as a maid.

Around this time, Lee had given birth to another daughter, Winfrey's younger half-sister, Patricia who later (in February 2003, at age 43) died of causes related to addiction. By 1962, Lee was having difficulty raising both daughters so Winfrey was temporarily sent to live with Vernon in. While Winfrey was in Nashville, Lee gave birth to a third daughter who was put up for adoption (in the hope of easing the financial straits that had led to Lee's being on ) and was later also named Patricia. Winfrey did not learn she had a second half-sister until 2010. By the time Winfrey moved back with her mother, Lee had also given birth to a boy named Jeffrey, Winfrey's half-brother, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1989. Winfrey has stated she was by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old, something she first announced to her viewers on a 1986 episode of her TV show regarding.