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- Oprah Winfrey transitioned her hit talk show, which ran for 25 years until 2011, into a media and business empire.
- Reinvested, the profits from her show, plus profits from films like The Color Purple, Beloved and Selma (which her Harpo Productions coproduced) add up to an estimated more than $2.5 billion.
- In 2011, Winfrey launched cable channel OWN. She sold most of her stake in the network to owner Warner Bros. Discovery in 2020 in exchange for shares in the company.
- Winfrey, who bought a 10% stake in WeightWatchers in 2015, donated her shares in February 2024 to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Her sprawling real estate portfolio includes homes in California and over a dozen properties including 2,100 acres of land in Hawaii.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 70
- Source of Wealth
- TV shows, Self Made
- Residence
- Chicago, Illinois
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- In Relationship
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tennessee State University
Did you know
Winfrey overcame a tough childhood, born to a teen mother in rural Mississippi and raised without indoor plumbing.
Winfrey has focused her philanthropy on education, including supporting a girls' school in South Africa.
In Their Own Words
What I learned in all of those thousands of interviews is that there is a common denominator in our human experience. Everybody wants to know did you hear me and did what I say matter?
Oprah Winfrey
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