Oprah started with nothing and has become the most successful female entrepreneur in North America...She owns her own production company and is already worth billions so she isn't worried about ratings...and she has more influence than most presidents or world leaders...
<<... According to Forbes, Winfrey is worth over $2.7 billion, as of September, 2008[74] and has overtaken former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman as the richest self-made woman in America.[75]...>>
<<...Vanity Fair wrote:
“ Oprah Winfrey arguably has more influence on the culture than any university president, politician, or religious leader, except perhaps the Pope.[87] ”
Bill O'Reilly said:
“ I mean this is a woman that came from nothing to rise up to be the most powerful woman, I think, in the world. I think Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in the world, not just in America. That's — anybody who goes on her program immediately benefits through the roof. I mean, she has a loyal following; she has credibility; she has talent; and she's done it on her own to become fabulously wealthy and fabulously powerful.[88] ”
Biographer Kitty Kelley states that she has always been “fascinated” by Winfrey:
“ As a woman, she has wielded an unprecedented amount of influence over the American culture and psyche,…There has been no other person in the 20th century whose convictions and values have impacted the American public in such a significant way.[89]… I see her as probably the most powerful woman in our society. I think Oprah has influenced every medium that she's touched.[90]
Fan base
Winfrey's reach extends far beyond the shores of the U.S.; her show airs in 140 countries around the world[105]. In the U.S. alone her show is viewed by an estimated 30 million people a week[106][107] though her U.S. audience has fallen by half over the past 10 years. In 1998, her show had an estimated 14 million daily viewers[108], in 2005, her show averaged nearly an estimated 9 million American viewers per day, and by 2008 it was averaging an estimated 7.3 million viewers, though it remained the highest rated talk show.[109]...>>
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