Born in rural Mississippi in 1954 and raised for years by…

Born in rural Mississippi in 1954 and raised for years by her grandmother, she was reciting verses in church before she started school. A radio job led to local television news, then to a struggling Chicago morning programme that she turned into the most watched daytime talk show in American history. Her book club could sell a million copies overnight, and she became, in 2003, the first Black woman billionaire.

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