Entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey
Entrepreneur: Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Oprah Winfrey lived with her grandmother on a farm until she was six years old. From the age of 6 to 13 she lived with her mother in Milwaukee. At the age of 13 Oprah claimed she was being abused and ran away from her mother’s home. The authorities sent her to a juvenile detention center but was denied admission due to overcrowding. She then went live with her father in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was a strict disciplinarian instituting a midnight curfew and requiring her to read a book and write a report each week. This stern upbringing would later prove to be beneficial in Oprah’s career. At age 17 the Nashville radio station WVOL hired her to deliver the news on air. That same year she became Nashville’s Miss Fire Prevention and Miss Black Tennessee. Oprah registered at Tennessee State University, majoring in Speech Communications and Performing Arts. In 1973, Oprah Winfrey became Nashville’s first African-American TV communicator and youngest co-anchor news at WTVF-TV. In 1976 WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland offered her a job to co-anchor the 6 o’clock news. After two years with the station, Oprah began co-hosting WJZ-TV’s ‘People Are Talking’ talk show, while remaining an anchor and reporter. Oprah soon ascertained her talent as talk show host and in 1984; she relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV’s “AM Chicago,” an irresolute morning talk show. Oprah substantiated her style within a month and AM Chicago became #1 talk show in the region. Within a year the format was changed from half an hour to one hour. In September 1985 it was renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” 1985 was the start of Oprah’s rise to become the billion dollar woman as she starred in The Color Purple, which earned her a Golden Globe and Academy award for the best supporting actress nominations. In 1986, she formed Harpo Productions as Oprah Winfrey Show enters national syndication
Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Oprah Winfrey lived with her grandmother on a farm until she was six years old. From the age of 6 to 13 she lived with her mother in Milwaukee. At the age of 13 Oprah claimed she was being abused and ran away from her mother’s home. The authorities sent her to a juvenile detention center but was denied admission due to overcrowding. She then went live with her father in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was a strict disciplinarian instituting a midnight curfew and requiring her to read a book and write a report each week. This stern upbringing would later prove to be beneficial in Oprah’s career. At age 17 the Nashville radio station WVOL hired her to deliver the news on air. That same year she became Nashville’s Miss Fire Prevention and Miss Black Tennessee. Oprah registered at Tennessee State University, majoring in Speech Communications and Performing Arts. In 1973, Oprah Winfrey became Nashville’s first African-American TV communicator and youngest co-anchor news at WTVF-TV. In 1976 WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland offered her a job to co-anchor the 6 o’clock news. After two years with the station, Oprah began co-hosting WJZ-TV’s ‘People Are Talking’ talk show, while remaining an anchor and reporter. Oprah soon ascertained her talent as talk show host and in 1984; she relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV’s “AM Chicago,” an irresolute morning talk show. Oprah substantiated her style within a month and AM Chicago became #1 talk show in the region. Within a year the format was changed from half an hour to one hour. In September 1985 it was renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” 1985 was the start of Oprah’s rise to become the billion dollar woman as she starred in The Color Purple, which earned her a Golden Globe and Academy award for the best supporting actress nominations. In 1986, she formed Harpo Productions as Oprah Winfrey Show enters national syndication