Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk shows presenter, actress and international figure; she receives attention on Internet sites, newspapers and magazines, on TV and radio.

Her birth:

She was born in January 29 , 1954 and lived a poor childhood, and her father was a barber in addition to his work with some small business, and her mother was working in the service of the houses, at her grandmother she lived in a poor neighborhood after her parents' separation and until she became six years old.

Her career:

She began her correspondence to a single radio channel, when she was 19-year-old completed her education in university in the state of Tennessee and obtained an educational grant, where she was one of the first American students of African descent in the university, which caused her many difficulties, she moved to Baltimore in 1976 and began working in the program. The latest book is, live a life of your best, she also owns Harpo Studios and her foundation publishes Oprah Magazine.

Her wealth:

In 2003 her wealth was a billion dollars, which will be placed in ranked 427 on the list, which includes 476 billionaires. According to Forbes magazine's rating in 2005, Opera ranked ninth in the first figure of 20 most influential women in terms of the media and economic power. she also ranked second by Forbes magazine rating of 2005 in the list of the most influential figures in the world, which included 100 characters Winfrey stepped up to replace Mel Gibson, in terms of wealth has reached her annual income of $ 225 million.

She Hosted international personalities and, most notably Michael Jackson in 1993 when he introduced the program from inside his ranch in Neverland broadcast directly, which more than 100 million viewers around the world amounted to watch this episode achieving the highest viewing figures for the episode of the program, adding to her reputation globally in the early nineties also hosted political figures, social figures such as Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice. As known to her strong will where she lost a lot of weight after having lived years in this weight and participated in the Washington marathon, she has lost 90 pounds out of 150 pounds.

In a television interview with its program Good Morning America in January 2009 on the screen of the American Broadcasting the governor of Illinois said, Rod Blagojevich that his friend suggested to him to ask Winfrey fills the vacant seat at that time for Barack Obama as a representative of the state in the U.S. Senate in Washington, DC. He said in a dialogue "...she looked as someone helped Barack Obama in a prominent way to become president ...," but he decided that Oprah Winfrey, one of the richest women the United States "was not to accept the offer probably". And he added that Opera is very lovely person.

Radio:

Oprah Winfrey announced on February 16, 2006 the signing of a contract for 3 years at $ 55 million dollars with the (XM Satellite Radio) to create a radio channel. "Oprah and Friends" Radio Consists of staff working in the program and Opera magazine and Nate Brooks’s d. Mehmet Oz and Dr... Robin Smith and Marin Williams. And Opera and friends radio launched at 11:00 Winfrey in Chicago. Radio offered programs for 24/24 hours.'s, 7 days a week on the "XM Radio Channel 156." and the contract requires of Oprah and her friend Gayle King to be the display for thirty minutes a week and 39 weeks per year.   

Future projects:

Both of Opera and the Discovery Communication Announced on January 15, 2008 with plans to change "Discovery Health Channel" for the new channel called "OWN" the channel has launched in 2010. It was supposed to be launched in 2009 but has been postponed. And the channel will be available in more than 70 million homes because of free broadcast for "Discovery Health channel", and Opera monitoring her "oprah.com" for Discovery Communications. The channel has started to broadcast various programs on January 4, 2011. The contract requires of opera to work for 70 hours per year on her channel.

Defend the rights of animals:

Opera ran by the Association for the defense of the rights of animals and the Association of rights for the treatment of the moral of the animals for "personal year 2008. Opera and was honored for presenting on her website affected animals by the" factories puppies "or industrial plantations.