OPRAH WINFREY

CHAIR & CEO, HARPO INC.
CHAIR & CEO, OWN NETWORK

Winfrey has applied an uncanny entrepreneurial drive, impeccable timing, and unfaltering endurance to become one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful leaders. Her remarkable business achievements serve as an inspirational model for an untold number of African American entrepreneurs. With Harpo Studios as her launching pad, she has developed an array of partnerships and spin-offs, including OWN, a thriving television network; the venture with Hearst to produce her own, self-titled monthly magazine; the Broadway musical, The Color Purple; a highly visible ownership stake in Weight Watchers, and the list goes on. One of the few black billionaires in North America, she has a major focus on impactful philanthropic projects that includes the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

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