"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life,but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. www.ca2020.net"
Born in rural poverty, then raised by a mother on welfare in a poor urban neighborhood, Winfrey became a millionaire at age 32 when her talk show went national. Winfrey was in a position to negotiate ownership of the show and start her own production company because of the success and the amount of revenue the show generated. By 1994 the show's ratings were still thriving and Winfrey negotiated a contract that earned her nine figures a year.Considered the richest woman in entertainment by the early 1990s, at age 41 Winfrey's wealth crossed another milestone when, with a net worth of $340 million, she replaced Bill Cosby as the only African American on the Forbes 400. Although black people are just under 13% of the U.S. population,[73] Winfrey has remained the only African American wealthy enough to rank among America's 400 richest people nearly every year since 1995 (Black Entertainment Television founder Bob Johnson briefly joined her on the list from 2001-2003 before his ex-wife reportedly acquired part of his fortune, though he returned in 2006).
With a 2000 net-worth of $800 million, Winfrey is believed to be the richest African American of the 20th century. To celebrate her status as a historical figure, Professor Juliet E.K. Walker of the University of Illinois created the course "History 298: Oprah Winfrey, the Tycoon."
Forbes' international rich list has listed Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and as the first black woman billionaire in world history. According to Forbes, Winfrey is worth over $2.7 billion, as of September 2008, and has overtaken former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman as the richest self-made woman in America.
In July 2007 TV Guide reported that Winfrey was the highest paid TV entertainer in the United States during the past year. She earned an estimated $260 million during the year. This amount was more than 5 times what had been earned by the person in second place - music executive Simon Cowell, who had earned $45 million. By 2008, her income had increased to $275 million.
Winfrey was called "arguably the world's most powerful woman" by CNN and Time.com, "arguably the most influential woman in the world" by the American Spectator, "one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th Century" and "one of the most influential people" of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Time. Winfrey is the only person in the world to have made all six lists
At the end of the 20th century Life listed Winfrey as both the most influential woman and the most influential black person of her generation, and in a cover story profile the magazine called her "America's most powerful woman". Ladies Home Journal also ranked Winfrey number one in their list of the most powerful women in America and senator Barack Obama has said she "may be the most influential woman in the country".In 1998 Winfrey became the first woman and first Black to top Entertainment Weekly's list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry.In 2003 Winfrey edged out both Superman and Elvis Presley to be named the greatest pop culture icon of all time by VH1. Forbes named her the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005,2007,and 2008. Columnist Maureen Dowd seems to agree with such assessments:
“ She is the top alpha female in this country. She has more credibility than the president. Other successful women, such as Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart, had to be publicly slapped down before they could move forward. Even Condi has had to play the protegé with Bush. None of this happened to Oprah — she is a straight ahead success story.”
Bill O'Reilly said:
“I mean this is a woman that came from nothing to rise up to be the most powerful woman,I think,in the world.I think Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in the world,not just in America. That's — anybody who goes on her program immediately benefits through the roof. I mean, she has a loyal following; she has credibility;she has talent;and she's done it on her own to become fabulously wealthy and fabulously powerful.
Who I Want to Meet:
It would be an opportunity for me to meet anyone in all aspects of life. I would like to inspire and empower other people--giving hope to their lives and reaching their dreams.
Life is not really what it looks like, life comes from within, how you look at it. Start taking part of your life and start being an actor instead of a reactor.
**I want to meet people whose primary purpose is to empower and inspire people and make a difference in the lives of others.
**Those who believe that this nation needs better leaders. Those leaders who believe in 1st world Philippines.
**Leaders who want to put their leadership skills into action while living life with purpose.
**People who are willing to be trained to be an effective leader and be part of our next batch of apprentices.
**MOST SPECIALLY, UNSTOPPABLE PEOPLE WHO WILL ACT TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR DREAMS.
hi oprah.... goodmorning here in philippines... thanks for viewing someone like me... how greatful am i to have oprah winfrey.... have a nice day ahead! god bless....
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