One Of Ones: Lessons From Oprah

I’ve never interviewed Oprah Winfrey, but I did spend the better part of a decade counting her money. As the media & entertainment editor at Forbes, I oversaw our annual Celebrity 100 issue, which measured the annual earnings of the world’s top entertainers. And Winfrey topped the list so many times that her success almost ceased to be news.

I remember the collective sigh of relief in the office when Winfrey decided to wind down her eponymous talk show and focus on her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)...