Oprah

 Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey, an American media mogul and TV host and author. Oprah has a net worth of $3.5 billion. She earns an average of $315 million per year thanks to her highly lucrative diversified media empire. Oprah was first recognized due to "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which premiered in 1986. It went on to broadcast 4,561 episodes over 25 seasons, before ending on May 25, 2011. Oprah is now a multi-billionaire because of a simple career decision that she made during the 1980s midway through. We'll discuss it later in this article, following signing an apparently lucrative contract that would pay her $1 million annually In 1986, Oprah made a move herself and set up Harpo, Inc. Media that was the operator of Harpo Productions and Harpo Studios. Oprah produced her showand later selling it to distributors. This is the reason Oprah earned between $200 and $300 million per year while the show was on air. This was exponentially more than the $5ish million her fellow superstar daytime hosts made at the time.