世界著名成功女性英文介绍奥普拉 (Oprah Wifrey).pptVIP

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey is a success story that the everyday person can relate to. She has worked hard to gain success. Oprah’s achievements came after a lot of hard work, determination, and education.  her childhood Oprah Gail Winfrey had an unfortunate childhood before she was fourteen. And then, she went to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, a strict, disciplinarian. This, Oprah said, was the turning point in her life. In October, 1988, television history was made when HARPO Productions, Inc., announced it had assumed ownership(所有权) and all productions responsibilities for The Oprah Winfrey Show from Capitol Cities/ABC, making Oprah Winfrey the first woman in history to own and produce her own talk show. The larger portion(部分) of Oprah’s revenues comes from King World Productions, which sells advertising as well as distributes her show to 200 televisions stations in the U.S. and in 34 foreign countries. This very successful show is expected to generate about $180 million in revenues a year. As I stated earlier, Harpo’s earnings are somewhere around forty million a year Oprah’s personal worth is estimated to be somewhere between $350 million. In 1996, Harpo received about 57% of the shows $180 million annual gross(毛利), or $103 million. Why we choose she? The reason we chose Oprah was that we feel that she has contributed to the world of business tremendously. She donates over a million dollars a year to charities. We feel that the business world needs more people like Oprah Winfrey, she gives back to the community what the community gives her. She deserves the success that that she is currently. * * Oprah emerged as a business woman in September of 1986. She began producing her own talk-show. Her love of acting and her desire to bring quality entertainment projects into production are what prompted Oprah to form her own production company, HARPO Productions, Inc., in 1986. Today, HARPO is well on its way to becoming a formidable forc