Broadcast, Publisher and Philanthropist
Broadcasting Pioneer
Oprah akaberekerwa muguta duku re Mississippi muna 1954 uye akakurira muNashville, Tennessee; iye akatanga basa rake mukuparidzira pazera remakore gumi nemashanu paredhiyo redhiyo WVOL. Pakazosvika makore 19, akanga achibatanidza nhau paWTFV-TV, vose vekutanga veAfrica-America uye munhu muduku pane vose vakamboita kudaro. Muna 1976 akatamira kuBaltimore, uko akabatanidza WJZ-TV yaSte O'Clock News . Nenguva isipi akaita shanduko yekuita hurukuro dzekutaura, kugovera vanhu veMunharaunda Vari Kutaura .
Oprah Winfrey Show
Muna 1984, Oprah akaendeswa kuChicago kunopinda AM Chicago . Mumwedzi mumwechete chete, yakanga yakapfuura Donahue seyo nhamba imwe yehurukuro yemunharaunda, uye mukati megore yakanzizve Oprah Winfrey Show . Gore rakatevera, rakapinda muhurumende yehurumende uye yakazova hurukuro yehurukuro yehurukuro mumutambo weTV. Yakabhurwa kwemakore makumi maviri nemashanu isati yaenda mumhepo muna 2011 uye inoramba iine hurukuro yehurukuro yehurukuro pa TV yeAmerica.
Yakakunda huwandu hwaEmys, yakaonekwa nevanhu vanofungidzirwa mamiriyoni makumi matatu evhiki muUnited States uye yakaparidzirwa kune dzimwe nyika munyika 111.
Kuvaraidza Entrepreneur
Asina kugutsikana nekushandira mumwe munhu, Oprah akatanga nheyo yake yekugadzira muna 1988, Harpo Studios (iyo ndiyo "Oprah" inotsanangurwa kumashure, kwete Marx Brothers reference).
Kubva panguva iyoyo, yakakura ikava Harpo, Inc. iyo yakashanda vanenge 250 vashandi venguva yakazara pakurongwa kweterevhizheni nekubudisa mafirimu, kuparadzira mabhidhiyo uye vhidhiyo rezvemitambo, kunyange zvazvo nhamba iyoyo yakaderera zvikuru kune vashandi makumi maviri chete muna 2015. Inobatanidzwawo -kuwedzera kweOxygen Media iyo inoshanda Oxygen Network, kambani yekambani yevakadzi inosvika vanopfuura mamiriyoni 54 vanoona.
Mafirimu
Muna 1985 Oprah akapa kubvumirana kushanda se "Sofia" muna Stephen Spielberg's The Color Purple , kugadzira zvose Golden Globe uye kusarudzwa kwaOscar. Akatoitawo mune mamwe mafirimu akaitwa-for-TV. Muna 1990, akatanga nheyo dzeHarpo Films kuti dzishande pamapurojekiti akavakirwa mumabhuku ezvinyorwa uye zvekare, zvakadai saBeloved va1998 , akashandurwa kubva kuToni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel uye pamwe chete naVa Oprah naDanny Glover. Harpo anewo chirongwa chekugara kwenguva refu neAABC kubudisa "Oprah Winfrey Presents" telefilms.
O Magazini
Muna 2000, Oprah yakatanga O, Oprah Magazini mubatanidzwa na Hearst Magazines, magazini yemwedzi uye yakava imwe yezvinyorwa zvevakadzi zvepamusoro zvemazuva ano. Iko iye zvino ine mharidzo yevanopfuura miriyoni miviri vanoverenga vhiki imwe neimwe (kupfuura Martha Stewart Living kana Vogue ) uye Fortune iyo ichitaura kuti "inobudirira zvikuru kutanga-yakamboitika mune yebazi." Muna 2004 akazotanga O paImba , imwe nguva yekugadzirwa kwemagazini.
Internet Innovator
Nevashandi vanosvika mamiriyoni gumi nematanhatu pamwedzi unobudisa mamiriyoni makumi mapfumbamwe ekuona peji, Oprah.com ndeimwe yepamusoro yevakadzi vekuita mawebsite. Nzvimbo iyi inosanganisira nyaya dzakasiyana-siyana uye inopa zvakadzama zvidzidzo maererano nehuwandu. Iyowo musha weOprah's Book Club, iye zvino ibhuku guru rebhubhu munyika yose ine vanopfuura hafu yemamiriyoni nhengo. Mukuwedzera, nzvimbo yacho inonzi Live Your Best Life, iyo inowanikwa mune imwe multimedia inotarisa nyaya dzeOprah dzega, zvidzidzo zvehupenyu, nebhuku rebasa rinopindirana.
Private Life
Oprah anorarama upenyu hunoshamisa hwehupenzi hwehuwandu hwevanhu-nekugadzira. Harpo vashandi vanorega kutaura kana kunyora pamusoro pehupenyu hwake, bhizinesi uye nekambani kwehupenyu hwavo hwose. Kamwe kamwe chete uyo aimbova mushandi, Elizabeth Coady, akaipikisa mudare. Coady yakarasika uye yebhizimisi yeOprah uye hupenyu hwehupenyu huri kuramba huri pachena.
Shamwari yake, Stedman Graham, ndiye mutungamiri akakurumbira uye mutengesi wekutengesa nemabhuku maviri akatengesa zvikuru kune zita rake.
Philanthropy
Muna 1987 Oprah yakaumba Oprah Winfrey Foundation "kutsigira dzidzo nekugadzirisa kwevakadzi, vana, uye mhuri muUnited States uye pasi rose." Rudo rwakapa mamiriyoni emadhora kumasangano munyika yose kuvandudza dzidzo uye hutano hwehutano. Muna 1997 akasika Oprah's Angel Network kukurudzira vanhu kuti vaite mutsauko muupenyu hwevamwe. Kubva ikozvino boka rakasimudza $ 80 mamiriyoni kubva kune zvipo zvevateereri uye vamwe vakakurudzira vanobatsira.
Munhu Asinganzwisisiki Bhizimisi
Kunyange zvazvo ari mabhiriyoniire (uye mukadzi wekutanga mutema kuti awane chiitiko ichocho) ane rwendo rurefu rwebhizimisi rinobudirira uye zvikwereti, Oprah akaudza Fortune Magazine, "Handifungi nezvangu sebhizimisi bhizinesi. Nguva chete yandinofunga pamusoro Bhizimisi iye zvino, ini ndichitaura newe.Iyo iri chikamu changu chinotya zvichaitika kana ndikazvitenda zvose. " Akashandurwa kutumirwa kuti abatanidze mapurisa emakambani eAT & T, Ralph Lauren , uye Intel. Asi nehuwandu hwevanhu, ndiye mukadzi ane simba zvikuru mumhizha yevaraidzo.
Sezvo Patricia Sellers akazviisa, "Upenyu hwaOprah ndicho chinokosha chechiratidzo chake, uye kuda kwake kuzarura pamusoro payo pamasikati eTV yakabatsira kukunda kuvimba kwakasimba kwevateereri vake." Oprah yakaramba ichitonga zvakasimba zvechiratidzo ichocho, ichibvisa chikumbiro chisingaverengeki kuti chikwereti zita rake kune zvakasiyana-siyana zvemishonga. Zvose zvine zita rake pairi zvinobudiswa nekambani yake pasi pekutarisirwa kwayo zvakananga. Kunyange maitiro ane ABC, Oxygen Network uye Hearst Magazines zvinonyanya kushandiswa-anoramba akachengetedza zvizere. Iye ane 90 kubva muzana yeHatpo's stock.
Oprah ino, zvisinei, ine nhete-yepamusoro shure-ye-zvioneki inobatsira kutarisira zuva-nezuva-kushanda kwebhizimisi. Jeff Jacobs, gweta rezvivaraidza uyo aimboenda naye kuzobatsira naye AM Chicago chibvumirano, ndiye mutungamiri uye 10 muzana chikamu chemari yeHarpo, Inc. Anoshandawo saiye mushandi uye mutariri wezvaanoita mafirimu.
Hazvina kumbova zvose nezvemari yeOprah. Kubva pakuedza kwake kubatsira kune humwe hunofuridzidza uye hwekudzidzisa iye anoratidza kubhuku rake rebhubhu uye purogiramu yake ye Live Live Best, zviri pachena kuti Oprah ndeyezvinhu zviviri: kurarama hupenyu hwakakura iwe pachako nekuita mutsauko munyika. Anoratidzika kunge akaziva zvose.