Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Productions / media (talk show, OWN, Oprah Daily), real estate, investments · United States · Ranked #5 of 13
Average given per year
#5 of 131.09%
of net worth, averaged over 2020–2024 (5 complete years)
Net worth, start of 2026
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Forbes Real-Time Billionaires: $3.2 B as of 1 Mar 2026 Open source Archived copy pending
- Forbes Real-Time Billionaires: $3.2 B as of 15 Oct 2025 Open source Archived copy pending
Estimate from a published billionaires index, recorded by hand with its source.
Assets in own foundations
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation: $172 M, end of 2024 Open source Archived copy pending
Given each year
Share of net worth at the start of each year. Each date opens the sources.
- 2020 1.46%
Sources for 2020
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation filing (2020) Open source Archived copy pending
2020: $36.5 M given ÷ $2.5 B net worth at the start of the year = 1.46%.
- 2021 1.01%
Sources for 2021
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation filing (2021) Open source Archived copy pending
2021: $26.2 M given ÷ $2.6 B net worth at the start of the year = 1.01%.
- 2022 0.48%
Sources for 2022
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation filing (2022) Open source Archived copy pending
2022: $12.6 M given ÷ $2.6 B net worth at the start of the year = 0.48%.
- 2023 1.54%
Sources for 2023
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation filing (2023) Open source Archived copy pending
2023: $38.6 M given ÷ $2.5 B net worth at the start of the year = 1.54%.
- 2024 0.98%
Sources for 2024
- Net worth estimate Open source Archived copy pending
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Open source Archived copy pending
- Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation filing (2024) Open source Archived copy pending
2024: $27.4 M given ÷ $2.8 B net worth at the start of the year = 0.98%.
Full breakdown by giving type
| Giving type | 2020–2024 |
|---|---|
| Grants paid by own foundation Given · counts | $138 M |
| Direct gifts to charities Given · counts | $3.2 M |
| Transfers into own or family foundations Parked · not counted | $26.7 M |
Transfers into a person's own foundation or a donor-advised fund are parked, not given: only grants paid out to charities count. Political gifts are outside what this site measures. How giving types work
All 10 records, 2020–2024
| Date | Recipient | Type | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Parked | $14.3 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2021 | Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Parked | $12.2 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2023 | Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Parked | $173 K | Oct 2026 |
| 2024 | Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Parked | $255 | Oct 2026 |
| 4 Mar 2024 | Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture | Given | $3.2 M | Mar 2024 |
| 2020 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Given | $36.5 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2021 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Given | $26.2 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2022 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Given | $12.6 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2023 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Given | $38.6 M | Oct 2026 |
| 2024 | Grants paid, from the foundation's filing via Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation | Given | $24.2 M | Oct 2026 |