By Kima Mayes

What we see in successful people is who they are now: wealthy, well-known and respected role models.

Not many people pay attention to the hardships and struggles they must have faced during the journey to the top.

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OPRAH WINFREY

Founder and CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network

20th century richest African American, one of the most influential women on Earth, philanthropist, well-known TV producer, “Queen of All Media”. Before she became a media mogul, the girl in a dress made of potato sack struggled with a number of hardships starting from poverty, being raped by the members of her family and becoming a mum at age 14.

A girl who risen from the poverty is one of the best examples of self-made billionaires of our times. The Oprah Winfrey Show is highest-rated television program of its kind in history.