Oprah Winfrey | Media Magnate, Philanthropist

Oprah Winfrey holds the record of being the first North American black multi-billionaire. She achieved success after being the Queen of All Media. Her work is mainly on TV, but she has amassed so much influence that by 2007, she was ranked among the most influential women in the world. It was a long way from when she grew up dirt poor.

Whenever given the platform to talk about her journey, Oprah would always talk about what made her successful. She shares four things a person needs to achieve more: listening to one’s inner voice, identifying intentions, thinking of what one is grateful for, and determining one’s truth. The truth was something Oprah held on to was when an attorney grilled her during a defamation trial in 1998. It was grit that made her who she is today, and she came out victorious.