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Oprah Winfrey
United States
Oprah Winfrey was born Orpah Gail Winfrey in 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and rose from poverty to become America's first black woman billionaire. Her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ran for 25 years from 1986 to 2011 and was the highest-rated program of its kind. She is also a producer, actress, and philanthropist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
