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Introduction

110 North Carpenter Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
U.S.A.
Telephone: (312) 633-0808
Fax: (312) 633-1976
Web site: http://www.oprah.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1986 as Harpo Productions, Inc.
Employees: 70
Sales: $314.5 million (2002 est.)
NAIC: 512110 Motion Picture and Video Distribution

Based in Chicago, and with additional offices in Los Angeles, Harpo Inc. is one of the most successful production companies in the history of entertainment, one of the largest black-owned companies in the world, and the brainchild of one of the television industry's highest-paid performers ever, Oprah Winfrey (Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards). With productions ranging from made-for-TV movies and miniseries, to feature films and books, a magazine, videotapes, and CDs, Winfrey's reign as the Queen of Entertainment has extended almost from the inception of the company, winning both her and her company and show numerous awards.

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Broadcasting in the Early 1970s
4. Incorporating in the Mid-1980s
5. The Late 1990s and Beyond
6. Principal Subsidiaries
7. Principal Competitors
8. Further Reading
9. Copyright Page
10. About Page