Oprah: The Only African American on this Year's Forbes 400 List

According to the 2011 Forbes Billionaire List, Nigeria's Aliko Dangote with a net worth of $13.8 billion is the richest Black person in the world.

The other Black billionaires on the 2011 list are South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe with $3.3 billion, American Oprah Winfrey at $2.7 billion and Nigeria's Mike Adenuga with $2 billion.

From 2001 to 2003, Forbes listed BET (Black Entertainment Television) founder Bob Johnson, an American, as a billionaire, but dropped him after his fortune was split in his divorce.

Johnson returned to Forbes Billionaire list in 2007 with a net worth of $1.1 billion. In 2008 Johnson's wealth dropped further to approximately $1.0 billion and in 2009 he dropped off the list again after some questionalbe investments.

Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola briefly emerged as a billionaire in 2009, but was not listed as one in 2010 or 2011.

With a net worth of $500 Million, Diddy (aka Sean "Puffy" Combs) was listed as "one to watch" to be on a future Fortune 400 Richest person list.

Matchmaker Sues Gayle King for Not Coming through with Oprah

Orly Hadida -- aka Orly the Matchmaker - is suing the world's most favorite best friend, Gayle King for not getting her on Oprah. 

After allegedly spending hundreds of hours hooking Gayle up with 5 men, Orly claims that she waived her normal $500,000 matchmaking fee in exchange for an arrangment she made with Gayle two years ago to get her on Oprah's show before it ended.

Orly claims she hooked Gayle up with a bunch of “attractive, fit, and wealthy men,” but Gayle reneged on her promise to put her on “Oprah.”

According to the lawsuit, Orly sent Gayle an email in May, saying she wanted to get paid since it was obvious she would not be appearing on Oprah's show before its finale.

Gayle King has yet to comment.

Oprah Does Live Chat with Facebook

Oprah engaged in an hour-long chat with Facebook Chief Operating Officier Sheryl Sandberg yesterday in front of and audience of Facebook employees.

Oprah covered a variety of topics including life after The Oprah Winfrey Show, Rosie O'Donnell's show which will take place at her old set at Harpo Studios in Chicago and the fear she has about running her OWN network.

She also discussed how everyone thought she was going to retire just because she stopped doing her show. Oprah shared she had never really intended to retire, but rather the ending of the Oprah Winfrey Show just merely represented one of many chapters in her life.

She brought some of her staff with her to the Palo Altos headquarters of Facebook where the interview was conducted.

"Facebook's goal is to connect everybody in the world, my goal is to connect with people so they see for themselves the greater possibilities of their lives," said Winfrey.

Other well know figures who have previously participated in Facebook's online chats include President Obama and Microsoft's Bill Gates.

Oprah Kicks Off 24th Season with a Bang!!!

 

This fall will be Oprah’s 24th season of her talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, and she is claiming that the season premiere will be one of the most anticipated shows of this decade.  So what is going to make this episode so spectacular you may ask, well “O” will be interviewing Whitney Houston.  This will be Whitney’s first interview in almost seven years so this definitely should be interesting.  The premiere will air Monday September 14, and make sure you watch it.

Dr. Boyce Watkins, Wendy Williams Talk Oprah and Bill Cosby

Dr. Boyce Watkins and shock jock Wendy Williams at WBLS in New York talk about Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby and life in general. Wendy Williams and Dr. Boyce get along quite well as they both seem to have a problem with Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby.