#334 Oprah

#334奥普拉

Founders

商务

2024-01-16

1 小时 9 分钟
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What I learned from reading the transcripts of Young Oprah on Her Life and Career and Oprah on Career, Life and Leadership.

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  • I'm going to jump right into this episode.

  • Make sure you stick around to the end.

  • There's two very important updates, including the very first in person founders only conference that's taking place in Austin, Texas, less than 60 days from now.

  • I'll tell you more details.

  • Stick around to the end.

  • I'll see you on the other side.

  • In 1984, Oprah was riding high.

  • She was already Chicago's most popular tv talk show personality, and the local ABC affiliate that produced her show was paying her $230,000 a year.

  • Her agent had negotiated a four year contract with annual salary increases of $30,000 a year.

  • She was pleased at first, but then began having second thoughts.

  • Three separate ABC people stopped me to tell me what a great guy my agent was, Oprah said.

  • And that didnt make sense to me.

  • Oprahs natural skepticism was aroused, and she fired her agent.

  • She replaced them with a Chicago lawyer named Jeffrey Jacobs.

  • I had heard Jeff is a piranha, Oprah said.

  • I like that piranha is good.

  • That key decision turned Oprah from employee to capitalist and vaulted her out of the ranks of the merely well paid into the Forbes 400.

  • Her show now airs on more than 200 stations in the United States and in 117 foreign countries.

  • Oprah earns more than $70 million a year.

  • It is ownership that has made her rich.