Oprah is rich!

Oprah is rich!

Oprah Winfrey is rich. Actually the richest.We all know that! But just how filthy rich is she?

Forbes’ latest list of highest-paid TV celebrities proves it pays to be on daytime television.

The financial magazine had Oprah Winfrey leading the way by a mile, with an astonishing $260 million in earnings between June 2006 and June 2007, Reuters reports.

Second in the list was “Bee Movie” star Jerry Seinfeld earning $60 million, mostly from “Seinfeld” reruns.

Here is the full top 20:

2. Jerry Seinfeld, $60 million
3. Simon Cowell, $45 million
4. David Letterman, $40 million
6. Jay Leno, $32 million
7. Dr. Phil McGraw, $30 million
8. “Judge” Judy Sheindlin, $30 million
9. George Lopez, $26 million
10. Kiefer Sutherland, $22 million

11. Regis Philbin, $21 million
12. Tyra Banks, $18 million
13. Rachael Ray, $16 million,
14. Katie Couric, $15 million
15. Ellen DeGeneres, $15 million
16. Ryan Seacrest, $14 million
17. Matt Lauer, $13 million
18, Barbara Walters, $12 million
19. Diane Sawyer, $12 million
20. Meredith Vieira, $10 million

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Written by roxana on September 30th, 2007 with no comments.
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Oprah Winfrey is now a Billionaire

 According to Forbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey is now worth 1.4 billion $. Oprah takes  562nd place in Forbes top. Only the last year she had made 100 million $. Talk about loads of cash.

As a side fact Bill Gates is still no.1 with about 50 billion $.

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Written by Bite Us! on March 14th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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