Oprah Winfrey officially retired as the television host of the «The Oprah Winfrey Show» inbut she’s still the boss of the so-called Oprah Empire. Oprah beat poverty, abuse, relationship problems, and race and gender issues to become the most famous TV host of all time. That’s where Winfrey’s fortunes took off. Her casual, improvisational style endeared her to listeners. She listened to them, empathized with them, and chatted with them about everything from cooking how much money does oprah make per minute intimate personal details. The show first aired in January ofand within the year, the show rocketed from the last place to the top talk show in Chicago. Given that Winfrey’s show was attracting record numbers, national syndication seemed viable. Rogert Ebert, a Chicago-based film critichelped convince Oprah to license her show for a national broadcast network in It was renamed «The Oprah Winfrey Show» and expanded to an hour. As part of the deal, Winfrey took in 25 percent of the show’s gross. At the age of 32, Winfrey became not only the first African American television host to be nationally syndicated but also a millionaire.
