Oprah Winfrey – $3.5 Billion

Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington have both been great inspirations to the public. They have successful careers as media personalities, but they are also known philanthropists who like to share their blessings with those in need. As they have such huge amounts of investment money to their name, they have decided to establish foundations to give back. Oprah needs to introduction. The TV personality is also an author and an entrepreneur. Today, she is getting paid, give or take, around $315 million annually.

She was the first news anchor hired that was both black and female in WLAC-TV Nashville. From her heroic start, she soon hosted People Are Talking, a talk show in 1978. Soon, ABC gave her a morning talk show in 1984 produced by King World Productions. She signed a 1-million contract that would last four years. Since then, her career went nowhere but up.