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U-Oprah wazalwa edolophini eliseMississippi ngo-1954 waza wakhulela eNashville, eTennessee; waqala umsebenzi wakhe ekusasazeni kwiminyaka eyi-17 kwisikhululo senomathotholo iWVOL. Ngama-19, wayebethelela iindaba kwiWTFV-TV, zombini umfazi waseAfrika-waseMelika kunye nomntu omncinci ukhe wenza njalo. Ngomnyaka we-1976 wathuthela eBaltimore, apho wadibanisa i-WJZ-TV ye- Six O'Clock News . Ngokukhawuleza wenza ukutshintshela ekwenzeni imibukiso yeentetho, ukubamba abantu abahlala kuyo.
I-Oprah Winfrey Show
Ngowe-1984, u-Oprah wathuthela e-Chicago ukuba amkele i- AM Chicago . Ngenyanga enye nje, yayidlula iDonahue njengombonakaliso wenani lendawo lwengingqi, kwaye kungakapheli unyaka kwabizwa ngokuba yi -Oprah Winfrey Show . Ngomnyaka kamva, wangena kwi-syndication yesizwe waza waba ngumboniso ophakamileyo kakhulu weentetho kumbali yeTV. Kwavulelwa amaxesha angama-25 ngaphambi kokuba uhambe emoyeni ngo-2011 kwaye uhlala umboniso ophakamileyo kakhulu weentetho kumboniso waseMerika.
Iphumelele ininzi ka-Emmys, yabonwa ngabaqikeleli abayizigidi ezingama-30 ngeveki e-United States kwaye yasasazwa ngamazwe ngamazwe angama-111.
ZoLonwabo
Enganelisekanga ukusebenza komnye umntu, u-Oprah wasungula isakhiwo sakhe sokukhiqiza ngo-1988, i-Harpo Studios ("yi-Oprah" ibhalwe ngasemva, kungekhona i-Marx Brothers reference).
Ukususela ngoko, sele ikhule i-Harpo, Inc. eqeshe abasebenzi abangama-250 bexesha elipheleleyo ekuphakameni kwayo kwimveliso yethelevishini kunye nefilimu, ukupapashwa kwamaphephancwadi nakwiimidiya ze-intanethi, nangona le nombolo iyancipha ngokukhawuleza kubaqeshwa abangama-20 ngo-2015. -i-Oxygen Media eyenza iNethiwekhi yeOxygen, inethiwekhi yentambo yabasetyhini abafikelela kuma-viewers angaphezu kwezi-54.
Iifilimu
Ngowe-1985 u-Oprah wanikela umsebenzi wokuphumla njengo "Sofia" kuStephen Spielberg weThe Color Purple , evuselela i-Golden Globe kunye no-Oscar. Uyenze nakwimisebenzi yamabhayisikobho amaninzi ayenzela i-TV. Ngowe-1990, waqalisa iHarpo Films ukuba isebenze kwiiprojekthi ezisekelwe kwincwadi yangoku kunye neyokudala, njengabathandekayo baka-1998, eguqulelwe kwiNveli kunye ne-Oprah kunye noDanny Glover kunye no-Toni Morrison. I-Harpo nayo inomsebenzi wexesha elide kunye ne-ABC ukuvelisa i- "Oprah Winfrey Presents" yee-telefilms.
Magazini
Ngo-2000, i-Oprah yaqalisa u- O, i-Oprah Magazine ngokubambisana ne-Hearst Magazines, umagazini wenyanga oye waba ngenye yeempapasho zeendlela zokuphila zamakhosikazi namhlanje. Ngoku inokupapashwa kwezigidi ezizigidi kwezigidi zenyanga (ngaphezu kukaMarta Stewart Living okanye iVogue ) kunye neFourune ibiza ngokuthi "ukuqala kokuphumelela kunako konke kwikhompyutha." Ngo-2004 waqalisa u- O kwikhaya , umagazini we-design wexesha.
Internet Innovator
Abasebenzisi abayizigidi ezilishumi elinesithathu ngenyanga bavelisa iimpendulo zephepha eziyizigidi ezingama-75, i-Oprah.com yenye yeziko lezilwanyana eziphezulu zokuphila. Isiza siquka iintlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo kwaye sibonelela ngezixhobo ezinzulu ngokumalunga nomboniso. Kwakhona ikhaya le-Club ye-Oprah yeNcwadi yeNcwadi, ngoku liqela elikhulu lebhulabhu kwihlabathi elinamalungu angaphezu kwesiqingatha sezigidi. Ukongezelela, indawo ye-Live Live Best Best, i-multimedia section igxininisa amabali ka-Oprah, izifundo zobomi kunye nencwadi yokusebenzela.
Ubomi Bangasese
U-Oprah uphila ngobomi obuzimeleyo ngokubaluleka koluntu-ngoyilo. Abasebenzi baseHarpo bavinjelwe ukuthetha okanye ukubhala malunga nemicimbi yakhe, ibhizinisi kunye nenkampani yabo bonke ubomi babo. Ngesinye kuphela umqeshwa wangaphambili, u-Elizabeth Coady, umngeni enkundleni. I-Coady ilahlekile kwaye i-Oprah ibhishino kunye nobomi bomntu buhlala buzimeleyo.
Iqabane lakhe, uStman Graham, ngumcebisi obalaseleyo kunye nokuthengisa iincwadi kunye neencwadi ezimbini ezithengisa kakhulu egameni lakhe.
Ububele
Ngo-1987 i-Oprah yakha i-Oprah Winfrey Foundation "ukuxhasa imfundo nokuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini, abantwana kunye neentsapho e-United States nakwihlabathi jikelele." Uthando lunike izigidi zeedola kwimibutho ehlabathini lonke ukuphucula imfundo kunye nophuhliso lwempilo. Ngo-1997 waqalisa i-Oprah's Angel Network ukukhuthaza abantu ukuba benze umehluko kubomi babanye. Okwangoku iqela liye laphakamisa iidola ezingama-80 ezivela kwiminikelo yabaphulaphuli kunye nabaxhasi abadumileyo.
Ibhinqa leShishini eliMngcipheko
Nangona u-billionaire (kunye nomfazi wokuqala omnyama ukufezekisa loo meko) kunye noluhlu olude lwezinto ezifezekileyo zezoshishino kunye namabhaso, u-Oprah watshela i- Fortune Magazine, "Andizicingeli njengomfazi weshishini. Umfazi wamabhizinisi ngoku, ngelixa ndithetha nawe. Kukhona le nxalenye yam eyikayo oko kuza kwenzeka xa ndiyakholelwa konke. " Uchithe umemo wokujoyina iibhodi ze-AT & T, uRalph Lauren kunye ne-Intel. Kodwa ngeengxelo zabantu abaninzi, ngowona mfazi onamandla kunazo zonke kwishishini lokuzonwabisa.
NjengoPatricia Sellers uthi, "Ubomi buka-Oprah bubalulekileyo bentengiso yakhe, kwaye ukuzimisela kwakhe ukuvula ngokutsha kwimizuzu ye-TV kuncede ukuphumelela ukuthembela kwabamphulaphuli." U-Oprah uye wagcina ulawulo oluqinileyo lolo hlobo, ukuguqula izicelo ezingenakubalwa ukuboleka igama lakhe kwimveliso eyahlukileyo. Yonke into enegama layo kuyo ikhutshwa yinkampani phantsi kolawulo lwakhe oluchanekileyo. Nangona i-ABC, i-Oxygen Network kunye ne-Hearst Magazines i-distribution distribution-ihlala ilawula ngokupheleleyo. Unayo ipesenti ye-90 ye-stock yeHarpo.
I-Oprah, ke ke, ine-top-notch emva kwe-scenes iqabane elilawula ukusebenza kwansuku zonke kweshishini. UJeff Jacobs, ummeli wezokuzonwabisa oye wasondela kuye ukuza kuncedisa isivumelwano sakhe saseMic Chicago , ngumongameli kunye neepesenti ezili-10 ze-Harpo, Inc. Usebenza njengommeli wakhe kunye nomphathi wee-movie zakhe.
Akuzange kube yinto yonke ngemali ye-Oprah. Ukususela kwimigudu yakhe yokuphilisa ukuya kwindawo ekhuthazayo kunye nemfundo yakhe kubonisa iqela lakhe lencwadi kunye neprogram yakhe ye-Live Live Best, kucacile ukuba i-Oprah yinto ephathekayo ngezinto ezimbini: uhlala ubomi obuninzi uze wenze umehluko kwihlabathi. Kubonakala ukuba uye wafunda kakuhle.