5 Hollywood celebrities who grew to become billionaires and are vastly greater rich than their friends

Born to a single mother in rural Mississippi, Winfrey started out as a information anchor earlier than spending 25 years internet hosting "The Oprah Winfrey demonstrate." The investments Winfrey made along with her share of the show's profits are actually worth about $2 billion, Forbes estimates. She grew to be a billionaire in 2003, in keeping with the l. a. times.

Winfrey, now 65, additionally leveraged her reveal's success to construct a media empire and accumulated a fortune of $2.6 billion in the manner, in response to Forbes. She owns 25.5% of her television community own, an eight% stake in WW overseas, and has a content advent take care of Apple television+.

Oprah has additionally voiced characters in "Charlotte's web," "The Bee movie," and "The Princess and the Frog," apart from starring in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and "Selma," among others, according to The Oprah journal.