Most Influential CEOs: Oprah Winfrey Adds Cause to Clout
(Miyanville) — In 2006, Oprah Winfrey surprised some Harvard Business School students by showing up in their classroom, taking a seat at the back of the hall while the class was presented with a case study on Harpo Productions, Oprah’s media company. Although the television talk-show icon had been invited to the campus, no one thought she’d actually appear. But there she was, ready to listen to some of Harvard’s brightest attempt to answer the question, “What is Winfrey in the business of?”
