Oprah Winfrey Self Made Millionaire

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."

The above lines, spoken by the World's richest African American of the 20th century. They give credibility to the success philosophy of attraction practiced by the worlds wealthiest people. She hosts the highest rated television show. She's also a media mogul, Academy award nominated actress and one of the most influential women of all time. Oprah Winfrey, has inspired and encouraged millions of people around the world. She was born to be a Philanthropist.

Born on 29 January, 1954, in rural Mississippi to unmarried parents, she spent the first six years of her life with her grandmother who taught her to read and took her to church and then was sent to stay with her father, a barber by profession. At 13 she received a scholarship to attend Nicolet High School and graduated from Tennessee State University with Communication. At 17, she won the Miss Black Tennessee Beauty Pageant and secured a pat-time job at WVOL, a local black radio station.

Her show, WLS-TV overtook "Donahue" to become the highest rated talk show, months after she joined the show. It was renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and broadcast nationally beginning September 8,1986. Apart from hosting various television shows, has co-founded the women's cable television network "Oxygen" and also heads a production company called "Harpo". Her role as "Sofia" the distraught housewife In Spielberg's "The Colour Purple" won her an Academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has also produced and starred in "Beloved" and voiced for "Charlotte's Web" and "Bee Movie". She has two magazines to her credit. Namely, "O, The Oprah Magazine" and "O at home".She endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

Apart from quality time, Oprah invested as much as $40 million for launching the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls which is situated near Johannesburg in South Africa. The school was inaugurated in the 2007, January. Oprah Winfrey received much appreciation for working towards such a noble cause.