Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville, Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14 her son was born prematurely and died in infancy. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world. Dubbed the 'Queen of All Media', she was the richest African-American of the 20th century, was once the world's only black billionaire, and the greatest black philanthropist in U.S. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. Chairwoman, CEO and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network (2011–present).Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions (1986–present).
