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Producer, chief executive officer, and chairman, Harpo Productions

Nationality: American.

Born: January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi.

Education: Attended Tennessee State University.

Family: Daughter of Vernon Winfrey (sailor and barber) and Vernita Lee (maid and dietician).

Career: WVOL Radio (Nashville), 1971–1972, news reader; WTVF-TV (Nashville), 1973–1976, news anchor and reporter; WJZ-TV (Baltimore), 1976–1977, news anchor; 1977–1983, talk show host; WLS-TV (Chicago), 1984, talk show host; King World Productions, 1985–, host of the Oprah Winfrey Show; Harpo Productions, 1986–, producer, chief...