Oprah Winfrey, 65 – $3.2 Billion
Oprah Winfrey is a television famous personality that needs no introduction. She was born in 1954, in Mississippi, US., and was named Orpah after a figure from the Book of Ruth. Oprah lived in poverty and moved a lot as a child. After many traumatic events and hardships, she won a prestigious scholarship and was Miss Black Tennessee.
This got her to work on radio and her career in the media began before she even turned eighteen. After a couple of news shows, Oprah finally got her own The Oprah Winfrey Show, which began in 1986 and catapulted her to stardom. It aired until 2011 and enabled Oprah to earn her $3.2B fortune and become a pop culture icon.