Oprah Winfrey's net worth is an estimated $2.6 billion.<br />She is a media mogul, a celebrated actress, and a philanthropist.<br />Business Insider reports she grew up poor and had a difficult childhood.<br />She transformed her famous talk show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," into a media and business empire.<br />How does she spend her money?<br />Winfrey has a diverse real-estate portfolio, with property all over the world.<br />But Winfrey says her "greatest luxury" is flying private on her own plane.<br />Winfrey has given millions of dollars to charitable causes, including building schools in rural areas across the globe.
