Here's what they had to say:
OPRAH WINFREY,
CEO/HARPO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Hers is a local-girl-did-well story--times 10. A poor Black girl from Kosciusko, Miss., leaps to fame, fortune and stardom and, in the process becomes a one-word household name. The Oprah Winfrey Show reaches 22 million viewers every week and has received every daytime TV accolade and award. But there is so much more to this talk-show host than just talk. She also walks the walk. A philanthropist with a personal fortune estimated at $800 million, she has donated millions through her Angel Network, through personal donations and through her book club, which has propelled 38 books to the top of the best-sellers list. She is an actress, television producer and educator who is also the CEO of the Harpo Entertainment Group, the parent company of her multimedia ventures--which include Harpo Productions, Inc., Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey Presents and Harpo Studios. Last year she started two new ventures as the co-founder of Oxygen Media, a cable and Internet company and O, The Oprah Magazine, and she is arguably the most powerful woman in America.