Who was just waiting to see Oprah show up on this list? If your hand is up, you get a car! And you get a car! And you...well actually, no you don't. We can't afford that kind of outlay. With over three billion stashed away, Winfrey can, which is probably why she did it in the first place.
We cannot overstate Winfrey's importance to American culture over the past thirty years. She revolutionized the concept of talk shows, empowered black people and the gay community, and changed the way that television stars and television stations do business together, stepping ahead of the game once more when she launched the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2011. A positive or negative word from Winfrey can make or break the reputation of an individual or a company, such is her influence on her millions of fans and admirers. Winfrey's appeal is so strong that she's forever plagued by rumors that she will eventually stand to be President.