Oprah Winfrey on the cover of Vogue Magazine's 2011
Oprah Winfrey’s profile:
Entertainment Executive
Birth Name: Orpah Gail Winfrey
Date of birth: January 29, 1954
Nickname: O Deepak Oprah (a sendup of Deepak Chopra, a self-help guru), Lady O
Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Birth of place: Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
Residence: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation: Talk show host, media proprietor, actress
Oprah Winfrey (Orpah Gail Winfrey) was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States. She is an American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. First African-American woman to become a billionaire in American history. According to Forbes magazine, her 2005 net worth is $1.3 billion. She was the first African-American women to make the list of billionaires, in 2003.
Ranked #1 on VH1's list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003)
Ranked #1 Pop Culture Icon on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" (2003), beating out Superman and Elvis.
Was #3 on the annual Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list in 2006.
Ranked #1 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list.
Given an honorary National Book Award for her "influential contribution to reading and books".
Awarded (lst) 50th anniversary medal by National Book Foundation, NYC.
