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Looking at Oprah Winfrey's resume, it is almost impossible to fathom the scope and range of her enormous success.
- As a journalist, Winfrey debuted on-air at the age of 19.
- As a television personality, Winfrey has had the No. 1 talk show in America for nearly 20 years, watched by over 30 million viewers each week.
- As an actress, Winfrey has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
- As a producer, Winfrey has her own production company, one that not only produces her show, but created the immensely popular Dr. Phil as well.
- As a publisher, Oprah magazine is one of the most successful and fastest-growing ventures in history.
- With her Oprah Book Club, Winfrey has become one of the most influential people in the book publishing industry. An endorsement from Winfrey is a virtual guarantee of a best-seller.
- Winfrey is also co-founder of Oxygen Media (a 24-hour women's cable network) and Oprah.com.
- As a philanthropist, Winfrey is deeply involved in multiple charities, working primarily in the areas of education and children's health and safety.
Her successes, in so many fields, have made her a billionaire and Forbes ranked her as the 9th most powerful woman in the world.
"I don't think of myself as a poor, deprived ghetto girl who made good," she said. "I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."
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