Oprah Winfrey

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of Oprah Winfrey and her business interests. Specifically, it includes her role as a business leader, how she organizes and controls her employees, and her role as an entrepreneur. It looks at how Oprah Winfrey has risen from humble beginnings to become one of the most successful entertainers in America today and how behind her popular talk show is a massive business structure containing publishing, broadcasting, and production companies, to name a few. It examines how her success as a businessperson matches her success as a talk-show host and how it has made her one of the richest people in the world and one of the most generous philanthropists.

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"When she began Harpo in 1986, she had five employees. As of 2002, she employs 221 people, and a high percentage of them are women (68 percent). She has a minor turnover of between 10 and 15 percent (Sellers 3), and she seems to run a tight and successful ship, but there have been rumors that she is a difficult and demanding boss from former employees. Some of her former employees have called the workplace "chaotic" and "narcissistic," and Oprah requires her employees to sign a lifelong confidentiality agreement, something rather unheard of even in the entertainment business (Sellers 3). Despite these criticisms, most employees say the pay and benefits are "outstanding," with 6 weeks of vacation per year, generous pay and bonuses, and a spa and gym located inside the company headquarters as just some of the perks employees can expect working at Harpo (Sellers 3)."

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