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Oprah Winfrey
Harpo / OWN · Kosciusko, USA
Built the largest one-woman media empire in history by treating audiences as adults and herself as the product.
Authentic vulnerabilityOwnership over fameLong-format intimacy
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Company
Harpo / OWN
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1986The Oprah Winfrey Show goes national.
- 1988Founded Harpo Productions, owning her own show.
- 1996Launched Oprah's Book Club.
- 2011Launched OWN cable network.
Struggles
Born into rural poverty, abused as a child, mocked as too dark for TV — turned each into platform.
Family
Engaged to Stedman Graham since 1992.
Related on Empire
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgOprah Winfrey on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comHarpo / OWN — official site
- ↗news.google.comOprah Winfrey in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comHarpo / OWN on Crunchbase
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The full story
Oprah Winfrey, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Built the largest one-woman media empire in history by treating audiences as adults and herself as the product.
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