Oprah Winfrey is a highly influential American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. Her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired for 25 years and made her one of the most influential women globally. She was the richest African-American of the 20th century and the world's only black billionaire at one point. Known as the "Queen of All Media", Winfrey's career spans entertainment, business, and philanthropy.
April 15, 1900, marked the birth of Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee, Oprah Winfrey's maternal grandmother.
In 1933, Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's father, was born.
In 1935, Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's mother, was born.
In 1937, Zora Neale Hurston's novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' was published.
On January 29, 1954, Orpah Gail Winfrey, later known as Oprah, was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.
In 1962, Oprah Winfrey was temporarily sent to live with her father, Vernon, in Nashville, Tennessee, due to her mother's difficulty in raising both daughters.
On February 27, 1963, Hattie Mae (Presley) Lee, Oprah Winfrey's maternal grandmother, passed away.
In 1971, Oprah Winfrey met William "Bubba" Taylor at Tennessee State University, starting what was described as her "first intense, to-die-for love affair".
In June 1976, Oprah Winfrey moved to Baltimore to work at WJZ-TV, ending her relationship with William "Bubba" Taylor as he was unwilling to leave Nashville with her.
In 1976, Oprah Winfrey moved to Baltimore's WJZ-TV to co-anchor the six o'clock news.
In 1977, Oprah Winfrey was removed as co-anchor at WJZ-TV and worked in lower-profile positions at the station.
On August 14, 1978, Oprah Winfrey co-hosted WJZ's local talk show People Are Talking, which premiered on August 14, 1978.
On September 8, 1981, Oprah Winfrey wrote a suicide note to Gayle King due to depression from a relationship. She later reflected that she couldn't go through with it, fearing she'd miss out on something good.
On January 2, 1984, the first episode of AM Chicago aired with Oprah Winfrey as the host after she was hired by WLS-TV's general manager, Dennis Swanson.
In 1985, Haitian filmmaker Reginald Chevalier claimed he had a relationship with Oprah Winfrey after appearing on her show, which included romantic evenings and dinners with Michael Jordan and Danny Glover. The relationship reportedly ended when Winfrey met Stedman Graham.
In 1985, Oprah Winfrey co-starred in Steven Spielberg's 'The Color Purple' as Sofia, a distraught housewife. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
In 1985, Oprah Winfrey first purchased a condominium in Chicago's Water Tower Place.
In 1985, Oprah Winfrey was allegedly involved in a drug-related love affair with Randolph Cook, who claimed they lived together for several months and used drugs.
On September 8, 1986, the first episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show was broadcast nationwide.
In 1986, Oprah Winfrey began her long-term relationship with Stedman Graham.
In 1986, Oprah Winfrey first announced on an episode of her TV show that she had been molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old.
In 1986, Oprah Winfrey said, "'When my father took me, it changed the course of my life. He saved me. He simply knew what he wanted and expected. He would take nothing less'".
In 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show, a talk show broadcast from Chicago, began its national syndication run, which lasted for 25 years.
In 1987, Oprah Winfrey, by then a successful television personality, submitted her final paper and earned her degree from Tennessee State University.
In August 1988, Time magazine covered the much-publicized contest between The Oprah Winfrey Show and Donahue due to its enormous scrutiny.
The November 1988 Ms. observed that Oprah Winfrey made fat sexy, elegant, damned near gorgeous with her drop-dead wardrobe, easy body language, and cheerful sensuality, in a society where fat is taboo.
In 1988, Oprah Winfrey purchased a 164-acre property including main and guest residences, orchard, and stables in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, as her weekend refuge.
In 1989, Jeffrey, Oprah Winfrey's half-brother, died of AIDS-related causes.
In 1989, Oprah Winfrey produced and co-starred in the drama miniseries The Women of Brewster Place and its short-lived spin-off, Brewster Place.
In 1989, Oprah Winfrey was accepted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame.
In 1990, Oprah Winfrey stated she felt betrayed by the family member who had sold the story of her son to the National Enquirer.
In November 1992, Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham were engaged to be married, but the ceremony never took place.
From 1992 to 1994, Oprah Winfrey moderated three ABC Afterschool Specials.
In 1992, Oprah Winfrey purchased an 80-acre compound in Telluride, Colorado.
In 1993, Oprah Winfrey hosted a prime-time interview with Michael Jackson titled 'Michael Jackson Talks ... to Oprah'. It became the fourth most-watched event in American television history, with an audience of 36.5 million.
In 1993, Oprah Winfrey purchased the condos adjoining and directly below her initial condo in Chicago's Water Tower Place.
From 1992 to 1994, Oprah Winfrey moderated three ABC Afterschool Specials.
In 1994, Oprah Winfrey was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Since 1994, Oprah Winfrey abandoned traditional talk-show fare for more edifying content.
During a show about mad cow disease with Howard Lyman, aired on April 16, 1996, Oprah Winfrey said she was stopped cold from eating another burger, leading to a lawsuit from Texas cattlemen.
Between 1996 and 2000, Oprah Winfrey purchased a total of five condos in different development areas of Fisher Island, Florida.
Late in 1996, Oprah Winfrey introduced the Oprah's Book Club segment to her television show, which significantly boosted book sales and brought obscure novels to popular attention, leading to "the Oprah Effect".
In April 1997, Oprah Winfrey played the therapist in "The Puppy Episode" on the sitcom Ellen, in which the character (and the real-life Ellen DeGeneres) came out as a lesbian.
In 1997, Oprah Winfrey appeared on an episode of Ellen, playing a therapist, after which she and Gayle King became targets of rumors that they were gay.
In 1997, Randolph Cook attempted to sue Oprah Winfrey for $20 million, alleging she blocked a tell-all book about their alleged relationship.
In October 1998, Oprah Winfrey produced and starred in the film 'Beloved,' based on Toni Morrison's novel. She prepared for her role by experiencing a 24-hour simulation of slavery.
In 1998, Oprah Winfrey became the first woman and first African American to top Entertainment Weekly's list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry.
In 1998, Oprah Winfrey began an ongoing conversation with Gary Zukav, an American spiritual teacher, who appeared on her television show 35 times.
In 1998, Oprah Winfrey created Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world.
In 1998, Oprah Winfrey hosted a week-long Caribbean cruise for Maya Angelou and 150 guests to celebrate Angelou's 70th birthday.
In early 1998, Texas cattlemen sued Oprah Winfrey and Howard Lyman for "false defamation of perishable food" and "business disparagement," claiming that Winfrey's remarks on mad cow disease sent cattle prices tumbling, costing beef producers $11 million.
Since 1998, Oprah Winfrey began 'Change Your Life TV', solidifying her role as a spiritual leader for her audience.
By 2000, Oprah Winfrey, with a net worth of $800 million, was believed to be the richest African American of the 20th century.
In 2000, Oprah Winfrey purchased an estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, for her friend Gayle King.
In 2000, Oprah Winfrey was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.
In 2001, Lavern Chatman was found liable for her role in a scheme to defraud hundreds of District of Columbia nursing-home employees of at least $1.4 million in owed wages.
In 2001, Oprah Winfrey sold all five of her Fisher Island condos and purchased a 42-acre estate in Montecito, California, which she called "The Promised Land."
Twelve days after the September 11 attacks, in 2001, New York mayor Rudy Giuliani asked Oprah Winfrey to serve as host of a Prayer for America service at New York City's Yankee Stadium.
From 2002, Oprah Winfrey's Oprah After the Show program was initially broadcast on the women's cable television network Oxygen.
In 2002, Christianity Today published an article called "The Church of O" in which they concluded that Oprah Winfrey had emerged as an influential spiritual leader.
In 2002, Fortune called O, the Oprah Magazine the most successful start-up ever in the industry.
In 2002, George W. Bush invited Oprah Winfrey to join a US delegation that included adviser Karen Hughes and Condoleezza Rice, planning to go to Afghanistan to celebrate the return of Afghan girls to school, but she refused to participate.
In 2002, Oprah Winfrey received the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmy Awards for services to television and film.
In February 2003, Patricia, Oprah Winfrey's younger half-sister, died of causes related to cocaine addiction at age 43.
In February 2003, a series on Oprah's show, in which Winfrey showed clips from people all over the world asking America not to go to war, was interrupted in several East Coast markets by network broadcasts of a press conference in which President George W. Bush and Colin Powell summarized the case for war.
A November 2003 Gallup poll estimated that 73% of American adults had a favorable view of Oprah Winfrey.
In 2003, Oprah Winfrey listed her compound in Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
In 2003, Oprah Winfrey was recognized as the first black woman billionaire in the world.
From 2004 to 2006, Forbes listed Oprah Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire.
From 2004 to 2008 Oprah also published a magazine called O At Home.
From 2004 to 2011, Oprah Winfrey was consistently named as one of the most influential people by TIME magazine.
In 2004, Oprah Winfrey and her team filmed an episode of her show, "Oprah's Christmas Kindness", in which Oprah travelled to South Africa to bring attention to the plight of young children affected by poverty and AIDS.
In 2004, Oprah Winfrey became the first Black person to rank among the 50 most generous Americans.
In 2004, Oprah Winfrey sold her compound in Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
On December 1, 2005, Oprah Winfrey appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman for the first time in 16 years to promote the Broadway musical, The Color Purple, which she produced. The episode was considered a major television event, attracting a large audience for Letterman.
Although its circulation had declined by more than 10 percent to 2.4 million from 2005 to 2008
Forbes named Oprah Winfrey the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013.
In 2005, Harpo Productions released a film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'.
In 2005, Kathleen Rooney published "Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America", describing Winfrey as a serious American intellectual who pioneered the use of electronic media to motivate millions to read.
In 2005, Oprah Winfrey announced a weight-loss book co-authored with her personal trainer Bob Greene. Her undisclosed advance fee was said to have broken the record for the world's highest book advance fee.
In 2005, Oprah Winfrey was named the greatest woman in American history as part of a public poll as part of The Greatest American.
On February 9, 2006, Oprah Winfrey signed a three-year, $55-million contract with XM Satellite Radio to establish a new radio channel.
In the August 2006 issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, Oprah Winfrey addressed the persistent rumors that she and Gayle King were gay, explaining that their close bond is not sexual and she is not ashamed of her sexuality.
On September 25, 2006, 'Oprah & Friends' began broadcasting from a new studio at Winfrey's Chicago headquarters on XM Radio Channel 156.
After James Frey's A Million Little Pieces was found to contain fabrications, Oprah Winfrey confronted him on her show over the breach of trust in 2006.
Although its circulation had declined by more than 10 percent to 2.4 million from 2005 to 2008
From 2004 to 2006, Forbes listed Oprah Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire.
In 2006, Ludacris, 50 Cent, and Ice Cube criticized Oprah Winfrey for perceived anti-hip hop bias. Ludacris claimed Winfrey gave him a "hard time" about his lyrics during an appearance on her show. Winfrey responded that she opposed rap lyrics that "marginalize women."
In 2006, Maureen Dowd told The Guardian that Oprah Winfrey is the top alpha female in this country, with more credibility than the president.
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey purchased a co-op apartment along Lake Shore Drive in downtown Chicago, with plans to move there.
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey recalled the controversies after airing a show titled "Is War the Only Answer?", mentioning she received hate mail and was accused of being un-American for even raising the question.
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey sold her stake in the Oxygen network and moved Oprah After the Show to Oprah.com.
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey voiced Gussie the goose in 'Charlotte's Web'.
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey was the highest-paid television entertainer in the United States, earning an estimated $260 million during the year.
In 2006, a genetic test determined that Oprah Winfrey's matrilineal line originated among the Kpelle ethnic group from the area that became Liberia. Her genetic makeup was found to be 89% Sub-Saharan African, 8% Native American, and 3% East Asian.
In the summer of 2006, Oprah Winfrey took her staff and their families (1,065 people in total) on vacation to Hawaii to celebrate two decades on national TV and to thank her employees.
Another Gallup poll in January 2007 estimated the figure at 74% of American adults had a favorable view of Oprah Winfrey.
In January 2007, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls opened in Henley on Klip, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, with an enrollment of 150 pupils.
On September 8, 2007, Oprah Winfrey held a fundraiser for Barack Obama at her Santa Barbara estate during his presidential campaign.
On September 10, 2007, David Letterman made his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show as its season premiere was filmed in New York City.
Another Gallup poll in October 2007 estimated the figure at 66% of American adults had a favorable view of Oprah Winfrey.
On December 9, 2007, Oprah Winfrey joined Barack Obama for a rally in Columbia, South Carolina, which drew a crowd of nearly 30,000 people, the largest for any political event of 2007.
A December 2007 Fox News poll put the figure at 55% of American adults had a favorable view of Oprah Winfrey.
In December 2007, Oprah Winfrey joined Barack Obama for a series of rallies in the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina to support his presidential campaign.
By 2007, Oprah Winfrey was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
In 2007, Oprah Winfrey began to endorse the self-help program 'The Secret'.
In 2007, Oprah Winfrey voiced Judge Bumbleton in 'Bee Movie', co-starring Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger.
On January 15, 2008, Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced plans to change Discovery Health Channel into a new channel called OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
In September 2008, Oprah Winfrey faced criticism after reports that she refused to have Sarah Palin on her show due to her support for Barack Obama. Winfrey denied the report, stating there was no discussion about Palin's appearance and that she had decided not to use her show as a platform for any candidates after publicly supporting Obama.
By 2008, Oprah Winfrey's yearly income had increased to $275 million.
By 2008, the ratings for The Oprah Winfrey Show declined again to around 7.3 million viewers, though it remained the highest-rated talk show.
Forbes named Oprah Winfrey the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013.
From 2004 to 2008 Oprah also published a magazine called O At Home.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey emerged as a political force with her endorsement of Barack Obama. In the same year, she formed her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey endorsed Barack Obama for president. It was estimated that her endorsement was worth over a million votes in the Democratic primary race.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey endorsed author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle and his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, which sold several million extra copies after being selected for her book club.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey sold her penthouse apartment in Atlanta. That year, she also listed Gayle King's estate and purchased her (through her second LLC Sophie's Penthouse) a penthouse apartment in midtown Manhattan, New York City.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey threw an extravagant 80th birthday celebration for Maya Angelou at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey was named as the Person of the Year by animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for using her fame and listening audience to help the less fortunate, including animals.
In 2008, Oprah Winfrey's show was airing in 140 countries internationally and seen by an estimated 46 million people in the US weekly.
In 2008, The Hollywood Reporter named Oprah Winfrey, as chairman of Harpo Inc., the most powerful woman in entertainment.
In 2008, The New York Times reported that The Oprah Winfrey Show, with Arabic subtitles, was broadcast twice each weekday on MBC 4.
In late 2008, Oprah Winfrey's company, Harpo Films, signed an exclusive output pact to develop and produce scripted series, documentaries, and movies exclusively for HBO.
In January 2009, 'O, the Oprah Magazine' had its best-selling issue since 2006.
On November 18, 2009, Sarah Palin appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
In 2009, Oprah Winfrey apologized to James Frey for the public confrontation regarding the fabrications in his book A Million Little Pieces.
In 2009, Oprah Winfrey faced criticism for allowing Suzanne Somers to discuss hormone treatments not accepted by mainstream medicine on her show. Critics also suggested that Winfrey was not tough enough on celebrity guests or politicians she liked. Lisa de Moraes criticized Winfrey's lack of follow-up questions, especially after the James Frey controversy.
In 2009, Oprah Winfrey filmed a series of interviews in Denmark highlighting its citizens as the happiest people in the world.
In 2009, Oprah Winfrey provided the voice for the character of Eudora, the mother of Princess Tiana, in Disney's 'The Princess and the Frog'.
In 2009, the planned launch of the Oprah Winfrey Network was delayed.
In May 2010, with Oprah's show ending, Oprah's Angel Network stopped accepting donations and was shut down.
In a list compiled by the British magazine New Statesman in September 2010, Oprah Winfrey was voted 38th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
Forbes named Oprah Winfrey the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013.
In 2010, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News criticized Oprah Winfrey's shows filmed in Denmark for promoting a left-wing society.
In 2010, Life magazine named Oprah Winfrey one of the 100 people who changed the world.
In 2010, Oprah Winfrey learned that she had a second half-sister named Patricia.
In 2010, Oprah Winfrey narrated the US version of the BBC nature program 'Life' for Discovery.
Oprah Winfrey remained among the top 50 most generous Americans until 2010.
On January 1, 2011, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) was officially launched after delays.
The series finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired on May 25, 2011.
From 2004 to 2011, Oprah Winfrey was consistently named as one of the most influential people by TIME magazine.
In 2011, Oprah Winfrey gifted the home in Douglasville, Georgia, to a family member.
In 2011, The Oprah Winfrey Show concluded its 25-year run in national syndication.
As of 2012, Oprah Winfrey had given over 400 scholarships to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
By 2012, Oprah Winfrey had given away approximately $400 million to educational causes.
In 2012, Oprah Winfrey sold her unused co-op apartment in Chicago and Gayle King's penthouse apartment in New York City.
Forbes named Oprah Winfrey the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013.
In 2013, Oprah Winfrey donated $12 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In 2013, Oprah Winfrey starred in the film 'The Butler' directed by Lee Daniels. Her performance garnered Oscar buzz but she was not nominated.
In 2013, Oprah Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
In April 2014, Oprah Winfrey spoke at a fundraiser in Arlington, Virginia, for Lavern Chatman, who was a candidate in a primary to nominate a Democratic Party candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
As of 2014, Oprah Winfrey had a net worth exceeding $2.9 billion and had surpassed Meg Whitman as the richest self-made woman in America.
In 2014, Forbes listed Oprah Winfrey as one of the world's 100 most powerful women, ranking her 14th.
In early 2014, Oprah Winfrey listed her combined-unit Chicago duplex on the market. Later that year, she came back to Telluride, Colorado, to purchase a 60-acre lot with plans to build on the property. A lawsuit filed against her regarding trail access rights was dismissed.
In 2015, Oprah Winfrey purchased another property in Telluride and expanded her Montecito compound with another 23-acre estate and a 44-acre dedicated crop and equestrian preserve. She also sold both of her downtown Chicago homes.
In 2015, Oprah Winfrey's memoir, 'The Life You Want', was announced, following her tour of the same name.
Following the launch of the Super Soul Sunday and SuperSoul Sessions programs on Harpo Productions' SuperSoul TV, in 2016 Oprah Winfrey selected 100 people for the SuperSoul 100 list of "innovators and visionaries who are aligned on a mission to move humanity forward".
In 2016, Oprah Winfrey endorsed Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, and referred to Republican candidate Donald Trump as a "demagogue".
In 2016, the publication of Oprah Winfrey's memoir, 'The Life You Want', was "indefinitely postponed".
In January 2017, CBS announced that Oprah Winfrey would join 60 Minutes as a special contributor.
In September 2017, Oprah Winfrey started as a special contributor on 60 Minutes.
In a 2017 interview with Vanity Fair, Oprah Winfrey explained that she did not want more children after the loss of her infant child at age 14, stating she wouldn't have been a good mom for babies due to a lack of patience.
Oprah Winfrey's memoir, 'The Life You Want' was originally scheduled for publication in 2017.
In June 2018, Apple announced a multi-year content partnership with Oprah Winfrey.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey canvassed door-to-door for Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams and donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives student demonstration in favor of gun control in the United States.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey left 60 Minutes. The National Museum of African American History and Culture also opened a special exhibit on Winfrey's cultural influence through television in 2018.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey met with Mohammad bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, when he visited the United States.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey obtained two adjoining parcels of land totaling 23 acres including the Madroneagle compound on Orcas Island, Washington and sold her last home property in the Chicago area from Elmwood Park.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey starred as Mrs. Which in the film adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's novel 'A Wrinkle in Time'. She also lent her voice to 'Crow: The Legend'.
In 2018, Oprah Winfrey stated that she "would not be able to" run for president, noting that "it's not a clean business. It would kill me."
In 2018, Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's mother, passed away.
In late 2019, Oprah Winfrey expanded her Montecito home-base compound to 70 contiguous acres with the purchase of a four-acre complex from actor Jeff Bridges.
On March 21, 2020, Oprah Talks COVID-19 debuted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In July 2020, it was announced that 'O Magazine' would end its regular print publications after the December 2020 issue.
On July 30, 2020, The Oprah Conversation debuted, with Oprah Winfrey continuing to explore impactful topics with thought leaders.
The December 2020 issue was 'O Magazine's' final monthly print edition, with Winfrey thanking readers.
In 2020, leading up to the election, there was media speculation that Oprah Winfrey might run for president. However, Winfrey ultimately denied any plans to run, though she later campaigned for Joe Biden during the general election.
In 2020, there were calls for Oprah Winfrey to denounce Dr. Oz in reaction to his comments about coronavirus and his promotion of a poorly vetted drug as a cure.
In 2021, Oprah Winfrey conducted an interview with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, which was broadcast globally and received international media attention.
In 2021, Oprah Winfrey sold her Orcas Island compound as she was too busy to use it and purchased another compound in Montecito further away from her home-base compound.
In 2021, Oprah Winfrey was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As of 2022, Oprah Winfrey lives in her "main home base" she has also called "The Promised Land" (where she currently lives as of 2022), a (then) 42-acre (17 ha) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California.
As of 2022, Oprah Winfrey's real estate investments are estimated to total approximately $127 million.
In 2022, Oprah Winfrey endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania Senate election and Baltimore author Wes Moore in the Maryland gubernatorial election, also co-hosting a virtual fundraiser for him in June.
In 2022, Oprah Winfrey flipped the Montecito compound she purchased in 2021, splitting properties, one of which was sold to her property manager and longtime personal trainer Bob Greene, and the other to actress Jennifer Aniston.
In 2022, Oprah Winfrey set up OWN Your Vote, a nonpartisan group dedicated to voter registration and a get-out-the-vote campaign focused on providing Black women with tools and resources to vote in the November election.
In 2022, Vernon Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey's father, passed away.
On January 18, 2023, Oprah Winfrey attended and spoke at Wes Moore's gubernatorial inauguration in Maryland after endorsing him in the Democratic primary in 2022.
In 2023, Forbes listed Oprah Winfrey as one of the world's 100 most powerful women, ranking her 31st.
In 2023, Oprah Winfrey also purchased 870 acres of land in Maui for $6.6 million.
On August 21, 2024, Oprah Winfrey endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
In 2024, ABC aired “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special”, a one-hour show hosted by Oprah Winfrey that delves into the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on daily life, featuring interviews with tech industry figures like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Bill Gates.
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