OPRAH WINFREY
1954–
Offered the chance to rescue a failing TV program, Oprah Winfrey not only turned it into the world’s most popular talk show but also went on to create a media empire worth billions of dollars. Her story is even more remarkable because she was born into poverty, the daughter of a teenage single mother in Mississippi.
Orpah (later Oprah) Gail Winfrey’s childhood was divided between the homes of her grandmother, mother, and father. She suffered sexual abuse at the hands of various men from the age of nine and became pregnant when she was 14. Despite these adverse circumstances, she did ...
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