6 Famous Celebrities Who Went From Rags To Riches

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah is the perfect example of someone who was born straight into poverty. Her childhood situation was so dire that she had no proper clothing and was sometimes depending on dresses that were made out of potato sacks. Oprah received the break in her life when the show that she was hosting AM Chicago became the highest-rated talk show in Chicago. After being persuaded by Roger Ebert to enter into a syndicate deal with King World, AM Chicago was renamed into The Oprah Winfrey show and has been considered the highest-rated daytime talk show in American television history. The success of the show and her involvement in other business deals has helped her amass the net worth of $2.9 Billion dollars as of September 2018.

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