Oprah Winfrey

          "Oprah Winfrey was born in the town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. Winfrey launched the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a national program. With its placement on 120 channels and an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million by the end of its first year. She gained ownership of the program from ABC, drawing it under the control of her new production company. In her final season of her talk show, Oprah made ratings soar when she revealed a family secret: she has a half-sister named Patricia. Oprah's mother gave birth to a baby girl in 1963. At the time, Oprah was 9 years old, and living with her father. Lee put the child up for adoption because she believed that she wouldn't be able to get off public assistance if she had another child to care for. Patricia lived in a series of foster homes until she was 7 years old. When The Oprah Winfrey Show endes on September 9, 2011, Oprah will still join those huge media personalities through The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), which launched on January 1, 2011."