Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. She was born on January 29,1954 in  Kosciusko,Mississippi. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning  winning talk show, which has become the highest rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986-2011. She has been ranked the richest Afrrican-American of the 20th century and she is also according to some assessments the most influential woman in the world.

The Oprah Winfrey Show

Winfrey began her media career at the age of 17, when she started work at the local WVOL radio station in Nashville while attending Tennessee State University, her major was in Speech Communication and Performing Arts. Two years later.  she became both the youngest news anchor and the first black female news anchor at Nashville W LAC-TV. it was her 1st career step in her life. In 1976 she moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TTV news as a co-anchor, and in 1978 discovered her talent for hosting talk shows when she became co-host of WJZ-TV`s " People are talking", while she continuing to serve as anchor and news reporter. Winfrey`s career really began to take off  after moving to Chicago in 1983 to host "AM Chicago", an early morning talk show at WLS_TV. The first episode aired on January 2, 1984. Within months after Winfrey took over, the show went from last place on the ratings to overtaking Donahue as the highest rated talk show in Chicago. It was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show, expanded to a full hour, and broadcast nationally beginning September 8, 1886, its first show about marrying the right person.

The Oprah Winfrey Show went on to become one of the most successful and highest ranked television talk show programs in history. in June of 1087 The Oprah Winfrey Show won three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Host and Outstanding Talk/Service Program.  In 1988 Oprah received the International Radio and Television Society`s " Broadcaster of the Year" Award. She is the youngest person and fifth woman to ever received this award.

In the end , it is not all about money, from her philanthropic efforts to the inspirational and educational nature of her shows to her book club to her Live Your Best Life program, it is clear that Oprah is all about two things: Living a great life for yourself and making a difference in the world. She seems to have mastered both.What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come. i learned from her that we should do what we love, and should love what we do!