Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee.
She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and
early teenage years and became pregnant at 14;
her son was born prematurely and died in infancy.
11] Winfrey was then sent to live with the man she calls her father, Vernon Winfrey, a barber in Nashville,
Tennessee, and landed a job in radio while still in high school.
[4] By 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news.
Winfrey’s often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena,
and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place,[12] she launched her own production company…
Winfrey’s often emotional, extemporaneous delivery eventually led to her transfer to the daytime talk show arena,
and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place,
[12] she launched her own production company…
