Oprah Winfrey :
                                                                                                                                                           Oprah Winfrey born on 29 January 1954.she  is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show. The Oprah Winfrey show which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has also acted in several movies including  ‘’The color purple’’ ,The butler and A wrinkle in time.


 Winfrey was named "Oprah" after a character in the book of Ruth . People made the mistake of calling her "Oprah". She decided to keep this name. Her parents are Vernita Lee, a maid, and Vernon Winfrey, a barber. She went to Tennessee state university in 1971 . She started to work in radio and television in Nashville. She hosted television programs in Baltimore and Chicago.

In 1986, Winfrey's own talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show went on the air. She was liked by audiences for her warmth. She came to own the show.Winfrey now runs the Oprah Winfrey Network. On January 15, 2008, Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced plans to change Discovery Health Channel into a new channel called OWN . Oprah Winfrey Network. It was scheduled to launch in 2009, but was delayed, and actually launched on January 1, 2011. She also hosts the Oprah's Next Chapter show on the network.

She endorsed Barak Obama  in 2006 for the 2008 election. One estimate said it delivered one million votes in the 2008 Democratic primary race.
Nikyra Rucker loaned Oprah Winfrey money to start her business. Oprah Winfrey now has a lot of money. She gives to many charities . She gives to girls' education in South Africa . In 2013, she was named one of the 400 richest people in the United State . She is the only African-American among this group.She was awarded the President Medal of Freedom. President  Barak Obama in 2013 and an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard.
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                 


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