Today we learnt about entrepreneurship. An entrepreneur is someone who is innovative, a risk taker, inventor and a leader. They will start their own business with a desire to make their own money and be successful.
An example of an entrepreneur which we looked at is Oprah Winfrey. She was born into poverty and suffered abuse in her childhood. She began working for a radio show at the age of 19, part time as a cohost for an evening show. As she became more popular she was moved to the daytime show and from here she progressed to tv. In her twenties she started up her own production company and at the age of 31 she started her own tv talk show which aired from 1986-2011. She also suffered from depression during her twenties so we could say that resilience is a valuable trait for an entrepreneur. At the age of 32 she became a millionaire. Most famous for her talk shows, Oprah is also coauthor to five books, publishes magazines and does a lot of charity work. Now at 59 years old, Oprah has a net worth of 2.8 billion dollars.