Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey built her media empire from Harpo Studios in Chicago — the production complex she named after herself (Oprah backwards) where 25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show were taped.

Oprah Winfrey was a major donor and attended the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture — donating $12 million to the Smithsonian institution she helped bring to life.