The 15 Coolest Female Firsts in History

First black female billionaire

American media mogul Oprah Winfrey became one of the richest self-made women in America, the nation’s highest-paid television entertainer and the first black female billionaire in history.

When she retired on May 25, 2011, after 25 seasons on air she was worth an estimated $3 billion. And she’s the first television talk show host to say to everyone in her studio audience, “You get a car!”