Oprah Winfrey

Most people think of Oprah Winfrey as a talk show host and businesswoman, but she also has acted in such films as The Color Purple and Beloved. She was even nominated for 2 Academy Awards and 1 Golden Globe Award for her roles in The Color Purple and the recent movie, Selma. She did receive the 2012 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy. All this and her business skills, give her a net worth of $3 billion. Of course, Oprah Winfrey has “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, owns Harpo Productions (a film production company), co-founded Oxygen Media and owns O Magazine. As for where she lives, Oprah Winfrey has a home in Montecito, CA that she calls “The Promised Land”, a home in Antigua, Telluride, CO, a modest home in Douglasville Georgia, 2 apartments in Chicago and a Manhattan Penthouse in Place 57. While she drives a Volkswagon Beetle, Oprah Winfrey does live the good life, getting away to her favorite vacation spots in Hawaii, Antigua and The Bahamas Ocean Club Resort in her own private Global Express XRS jet with seating for 10.