Oprah: A Global Leader

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Oprah A Global Leader
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Who Is Oprah?

• Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29,
  1954.
• Lived with her grandmother until she was six
• Moved to Milwaukee to live with her mother until
  she was 13.
• Finally, moved to Nashville to live with her
  father.

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Oprahs Stepping Stones

• 1971 WVOL Radio, Nashville
• (News on air)
• 1973 WTVF-TV, Nashville
• (Reporter/anchor)
• 1976 WJZ-TV, Baltimore
• (News co-anchor)
• 1978 Local talk show co-host
• 1984 WLS-TV, Chicago
• (A.M. Chicago host)
• 1985 The Color Purple as Sofia
• 1986 Harpo, Inc. was established
• 1996 Oprahs Book Club launched
• 1998 Oprahs Angel Network
• established
• 2000 O, The Oprahs Magazine
• launched

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The Oprah Winfrey Show

• The longest running daytime television talk show
  in the United States, with 20 seasons and
  thousands of episodes since it debuted on
  September 8, 1986.
• Seen by an estimated 49 million viewers a week in
  the United States and is broadcast
  internationally in 122 countries.

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Oprahs Awards

• Oprah Winfrey Show 32 Emmys Awards, seven for
  Oprah herself
• George Foster Peabody Individual Achievement
  Award
• International Radio and Television Society's Gold
  Medal Award
• National Academy of Television Arts Sciences
  Lifetime Achievement Award
• Luck is a matter of preparation meeting
  opportunity.
• -Oprah

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Oprahs Private Life

• Oprah is known as the accidental businesswoman
• Oprahs life is the essence of her brand
• Oprah is inspirational and educational

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Oprahs Philanthropic Ways

• Oprah and her private charity, the Oprah Winfrey
  Foundation
• In December 20, 1993 Bill Clinton signed the
  national, Oprah Bill into law
• In 1997, Oprah created a public charity called
  Oprahs Angel Network

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Oprah Tops Forbes

• Oprah is number 9 in Forbes magazine for
  business
• Oprah is number 1 in the top 100 celebrities
  according to Forbes magazine

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Oprah as a Global Leader

• "Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on
  the culture than any university president,
  politician, or religious leader, except perhaps
  the Pope."
• -Vanity Fair
• People can identify with Oprah because she's
  open, not prejudiced in any way, and she makes
  you feel good in the morning
• She is the first black woman to become a major
  influence in the world of entertainment
• Time Magazine named Oprah one of the 100 people
  who most influenced the 20th century, as well as
  one of the 100 most influential people of 2004,
  2005, and again in 2006.

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Bibliography

• Tannen, Deborah. "The TV Host Oprah Winfrey."
  Time Magazine 9 Nov. 2000 http//www.time.com/time
  /time100/artists/profile/winfrey.html
• "Oprah Winfrey gives another million to Morehouse
  College graduates call her "an angel." Jet. 8
  Dec. 1997.
• "Oprah Winfrey." The African American Biography
  1994 793.
• Oprah Winfrey Speaks Insight from the Worlds
  Most Influential Voice By Janet C Lowe and Oprah
  Winfrey (Contributor), November 1997, John Wiley
  Sons

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