OPRAH WINFREY – TALK SHOW HOST, PRODUCER, MEDIA PROPRIETOR, AND ACTRESS, $3.5 BILLION

With a net worth of $3.5 billion, Oprah Winfrey is an African-American talk show hostess, producer, media proprietor, and occasional actress. The youngest and first black woman anchor at Nashville’s WTVF-TV, Oprah also co-hosted the talk show People Are Talking. She upgraded WLS TV’s low-rated show AM Chicago to one of the top-tier shows. This further led her way to the famous The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Further, Oprah produced and co-starred in projects like The Women of Brewster Place and The Color Purple and authored various books, including her memoir The Life You Want. In addition, she also owns Harpo, inc, and Oprah.com.