![]() ![]() She’s the only black person who is a multi-billionaire and greatest black philanthropist in American history possessing a net worth of 2.9 billion dollars. Oprah now owns a cable network named OWN meaning Oprah Winfrey Network. Chicago, which became the highest rated talk show ever and was a huge hit that the show was renamed as the Oprah Winfrey show.Īcquiring the name as “Queen of all media”, she excelled in her career and gained worldwide fame. It is then she got a chance of hosting a show called A.M. Though she faced hurdles in the initial stages of her career, she did some broadcasting jobs to settle herself and hosted a morning show named “People are Talking” which fetched her a good name. After her schooling, she won a public speaking contest and got a scholarship for her higher studies. ![]() She also got elected as the school president. Oprah studied hard, took public speaking and drama. OPRAH WINFREY SUCCESS STORY SKINThough her fellow students teased her for her poverty and skin color, she never gave up. Later on, she was sent to her father who gave importance to her studies and sent her for schooling. Oprah used this opportunity and soon learned and recited all the verses of the Bible with which she got a nickname “The Preacher” at church. Though her grandmother used to daunt her, she made Oprah learn to read and write. When she was 14yrs of age, she gave birth to a premature baby who couldn’t survive and died shortly after birth. After years of abuse, neglect, and molestation, she ran away from home at the age of 13yrs. When Oprah was 9yrs old, she was molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend. ![]() She had to wear dresses made out of potato sacks to cover her body. There was none to offer care while her grandmother used to beat her. She had to have a terrible childhood filled with abuse and poverty. Her life story has all sorts of pathetic circumstances that can inspire a person from a poor background to achieve the highest pinnacles in life.īorn to a Single Teenage Mother in a rural area of Mississippi, who was a housemaid, Oprah couldn’t even afford to have the basic needs. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential women in the world, whose life itself says that Life is not a bed of roses but those who withstand the thorns could make the rose bed themselves. ![]()
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