Oprah Winfrey's Lifestyle ★ 2021

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there aren't too many people who can afford a handbag worth more than $35,000 but Oprah Winfrey can she is after all a billionaire so when she went into a Swiss store and asked to look at one she was surprised to be told no it's too expensive for you Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive actress talk-show host television producer and philanthropist the incredible power of Winfrey's opinions and endorsement to influence public opinion especially consumer purchasing choices has been dubbed The Oprah effect the effect has been documented or alleged in domains as diverse as book sales beef markets and election voting in 2005 Winfrey was named the greatest woman in American history as part of a public poll for the greatest American at the end of the 20th century life listed Winfrey is 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 Oprah calls it racism others call it a misunderstanding in any case it certainly touched a nerve she's one of the world's richest and most recognizable women but when Oprah Winfrey wanted to look at a pricy handbag in this store in Zurich a few weeks back a store assistant refused her full name is Oprah Gayle Winfrey but is also known as oh and lady oh she was born on January 29th 1954 in Kosciusko Mississippi US making her age 66 at the time of this production she stands at five foot seven or one point six nine meters Oprah's hobbies and interests include reading photography and spending time with family and her dogs her favorite color is green her favorite foods are caramel popcorn and chicken pot pie her favorite drinks or cocktails her favorite book is to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee her favorite movies are beasts of the southern wild and the color purple her favorite sports are racquetball golf and tennis while she might not be running for president Oprah when free does get more than a little political in her free time she's known for throwing fundraisers for candidates from Obama to congressional candidates to a 21 year old Stanford grad who ran for City Council in Stockton California in 2012 Oprah and Stedman have been together since 1986 and they were engaged in 1992 but never followed through with the ceremony Oprah and Roger Ebert went on a couple of dates in 1986 early in her career and though their romance never blossomed to something great did come out of the Perry it was Ebert who convinced Oprah to syndicate her incredibly successful talk show it came out in 2010 that Oprah and John Tesh dated back in the 1970s when they were both working at a news station in Nashville an unauthorized biography of the talk-show host made the claim and touch confirmed the news saying Oprah and I were cub reporters in Nashville nearly 40 years ago and we dated for a short time they were living together but reportedly split because he couldn't handle the pressure of an interracial relationship no no you don't want to see that you want to see this one because that one will cost too much you will not be able to afford that and I said well no I really did want to see that one and she refused to get it she was born Orpah Gayle Winfrey on January 29th 1954 that's not a misspelling her given name was Orpah a reference to the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth as a baby people regularly mispronounced the name as Oprah which eventually stuck when she was 6 Oprah and her mother moved to Milwaukee where her mother got a job as a maid during this period Oprah's mother gave birth to a second daughter named Patricia in 2003 Patricia died from cocaine abuse at the age of 43 another half sibling a brother named Jeffrey born to father Vernon would die in 1989 from AIDS at 17 Oprah won a Miss Black Beauty Tennessee pageant which led to a part-time job at a local black radio station W Vol working as a news anchor she earned a scholarship to Tennessee State University where she studied communication at 19 Oprah left school to pursue a career in media full-time she was a co-anchor for the local evening news Winfrey's often emotional extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena and after boosting a third rated local Chicago talk show to first place she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication when pre popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue through this medium Winfrey broke 20th century taboos and allowed LGBT people to enter the mainstream through television appearances in 1994 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame by the mid-1990s Winfrey had reinvented her show with a focus on literature self-improvement mindfulness and spirituality though she was criticized for unleashing a confession' culture promoting controversial self-help ideas and having an emotion centered approach she's also been praised for overcoming adversity and becoming a benefactor to others when free also emerged as a political force in the 2008 presidential race delivering about 1 million votes to Barack Obama in the Razr closed 2008 Democratic primary in 2013 when free was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and honorary Doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard in 2008 she formed her own Network Oprah Winfrey Network o WN Oprah's net worth milestones in 1985 she hid $500,000 in 1989 she hid $1,000,000 in 1995 she hid 500 million dollars in 2000 she hid 1 billion dollars in 2007 2 billion dollars in 2014 3 billion dollars and in 2019 she hid 3.1 billion when Oprah first crossed into billionaire status in 1999-2000 she became America's first black female billionaire around this time she was actually earning 300 million dollars per year producing her own show as well as dr. Phil and Rachael Ray at the time of this writing Oprah is the third richest celebrity on the planet the only billionaire celebrities who have her beat are Steven Spielberg with 3.7 billion and George Lucas with 6.5 billion Oprah Winfrey is the richest self-made woman in America Oprah Winfrey's net worth is 3.5 billion dollars from 1985 to 2015 Oprah's primary residence was the 9625 square foot Chicago home which she sold in 2015 for four point six to five million she also previously owned a penthouse in Atlanta which she sold in 2008 for 1.8 million arguably her most impressive real estate asset is a 23 thousand square foot mansion in Montecito California near Santa Barbara when she purchased in 2001 for 50 million dollars today this home is worth at least 90 million in 2016 she purchased a 23 acre farm estate also in Montecito for 29 million in 2019 she bought the house next door for 6.85 million which expanded her Montecito footprint by four acres in total Oprah owns 67 acres in Montecito Oprah owns a 43 acre estate on Orcas Island in Washington State that she purchased for 8.27 five million in 2018 [Music] and in 2014 she spent 14 million dollars for a home in Telluride Colorado Oprah owns a mercedes-benz 300sl Gullwing a [Music] Cadillac Escalade a Lincoln Navigator a [Music] Tesla Model S and a mercedes-benz e-class coupe her private jet a bombardier global express XR s is estimated to be worth 42 million dollars [Music]
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Length: 9min 48sec (588 seconds)
Published: Fri May 22 2020
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