Role Model: Oprah Gail Winfrey

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Role Model: Oprah Gail Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey was named after a scriptural the Old Testament scripture from the bible named Oprah from the Book of Ruth. An administrative mistake made in the hospital she was given birth to recorded her as Oprah and since then the name “Oprah” stayed with her (Bio.com).
Her mom, Vernita Lee, worked her life as a housemaid, she took her last name from Vernon Winfrey, a city councilman who was serving in the equipped shaped powers at the season of her birth to the world in spite of the fact that a rancher that lived in Mississippi named Noah Robinson later agreed or radar claimed to be her biological Dad.

After her birth,

Both the first Patricia and Jeffrey died, in 2003 and 1989 separately. Since she was attempting to bring up the children, Vernita sent Oprah to live with Vernon in 1962, so Oprah started another life in Nashville, Tennessee (Chamberlain).

Evolving in life, Oprah Gail Winfrey is now regarded to as an American TV host, on-screen character, maker, and altruist. According to other sources Oprah Gail Winfrey was conceived January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After a pained pre-adulthood in a little cultivating group, where she was sexually manhandled by various male relatives and companions of her mother, Vernita, she moved to Nashville to live with her dad, Vernon, a stylist and representative. She entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and started working in radio and TV television in Nashville

Life magazine hailed her as the most persuasive lady of her era. In 2005, Business Week named her the most noteworthy Black altruist in American history. Oprah's Angel Network has raised more than $51,000,000 for beneficent projects, incorporating young ladies' instruction in South Africa and help to the casualties of Hurricane Katrina.
Another big achievement Oprah made was becoming the go to person for the huge celebrity interviews along sides her media publicity grew bigger and so did her financial standing. As for the year 2006-2009 she was the only black billionaire worth over $2.7 billon, apart from that she was also the co-founder of Oxygen network which hosted many channels including Discovery channel and many other more. The bravery of Oprah did not just begin and ended in TV shows but also she is also a publisher.
Oprah Gail Winfrey is not just a supernatural leader but a leader or more like a hero with sympathy and kindness to the poor, Oprah have been recognize as one many billionaires that do run a charity organization. She might be black but through she is not African but yet provided for many poor across Africa. Oprah Gail Winfrey is more than just a leader but more of a hero to the entire