OPRAH WINFREY

Subsequently, she extended her "live your best life" message to a broader audience when she launched the first international edition of "O, The Oprah Magazine" in South Africa, and the newsstand-only edition of "O at Home," a shelter magazine designed to help readers create a home that reflects their personal style.

Through Harpo Films, her film production company based in California, Ms. Winfrey has a long-term deal with the ABC Television Network to produce "Oprah Winfrey Presents" telefilms. Since its inception in 1990, Harpo Films’ projects, which have been based on classic and contemporary literature, have garnered the highest industry honors for quality acting and production. "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God," based on the Zora Neale Hurston novel and starring Academy Award®-winner Halle Berry, airs March 6, 2005.

Ms. Winfrey has long believed that education is the door to freedom, offering a chance at a brighter future. Amongst her various philanthropic contributions she has donated millions of dollars toward providing a better education for students who have merit but no means.