Oprah Winfrey
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- She was born iin the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954
- In 1971, Winfrey entered Tennessee State University. She began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.
- In 1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she hosted the TV chat show People Are Talking. The show became a hit and Winfrey stayed with it for eight years, after which she was recruited by a Chicago TV station to host her own morning show, A.M. Chicago.
- Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a nationally syndicated program that ran for 25 years, until 2011. With its placement on 120 channels and an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million by the end of its first year, of which Winfrey received $30 million.
- She became the first celebrity voice behind Alexa, the company's voice-control system, allowing shoppers to hear Winfrey herself explain her top picks for the season.
- Winfrey is the first African-American woman to own her own production company; a talented actress
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