# Oprah Winfrey, Chairman and CEO

> Oprah Winfrey, Chairman and CEO. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Los Angeles, US · Angel

# Oprah Winfrey

Chairman and CEO at [Harpo, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harpo-inc)

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Latest rounds

- **Maven Clinic** Series f · $125M Oct 2024
- **#waywire** Seed · $1.8M Jun 2012

Backs *Healthcare* *Femtech* *Healthtech*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Oct 2024
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 +4 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Harpo, Inc.
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## The firm

[**Harpo, Inc.** Startup **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harpo-inc)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $126.8M
- **Active:** 2012–24

2024

- [Maven Clinic](https://millionrounds.com/company/maven-clinic) *Series f* **$125M** *US* Oct 2024 Joined · +9 investors

2012

- [#waywire](https://millionrounds.com/company/waywire) *Seed* **$1.8M** *US* Jun 2012 Joined · +6 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**
- Series f **1**

What they backed

Healthcare **1** Femtech **1** Healthtech **1**

Alongside

- [AFSquare *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare)
- [Bond *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bond)
- [BoxGroup *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)
- [Endeavor *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)
- [First Round Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)
- [General Catalyst *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)
- [Innovation Endeavors *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors)
- [Jeff Weiner *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Apeel Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/apeel-sciences)
- [Maven Clinic](https://millionrounds.com/company/maven-clinic)
- [True Food Kitchen](https://millionrounds.com/startup/true-food-kitchen)
- Oatly
- Waywire

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 5 Sept 2025 · 37 min How to Be Free: Shaka Senghor, Oprah Winfrey, Ben Horowitz With [Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) Mentions [Ben Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-horowitz) About this episode Taken from The Oprah Podcast, this special episode brings together Shaka Senghor, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz, and Oprah Winfrey for a powerful conversation on resilience and transformation. Shaka, a resilience expert, motivational speaker, and bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs, shares his… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Oprah Winfrey in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Money Maze Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/money-maze) · 2 May 2024 · 50 min Why the World Economy Gets a B Grade - With Baroness Dambisa Moyo (Economist, Legislator & Author) Mentions [Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) About this episode Armed with a degree, MBA, MPA, and a PhD, the author of 5 bestselling books, a trained economist, a previous employee of Goldmans Sachs, a life peerage in the House of Lords, sought after board member, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, and on Oprah Winfrey’s “O” Power… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 13 Jul 2021 · 40 min How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) Mentions [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)[National Geographic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-geographic)[Linda Rottenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/linda-rottenberg)[Michelle Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/michelle-lee)[Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) About this episode To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Acquired](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/acquired) · 25 Jun 2020 · 2h 6m Oprah (Harpo Studios) Mentions [Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey)[Stephen King](https://millionrounds.com/person/stephen-king) About this episode We close out Season 6 with the story of perhaps the single most successful media entrepreneur of all-time: Oprah Winfrey, and her juggernaut conglomerate Harpo Studios. Born to a poor single mother in the segregated 1950's deep south, Oprah's rise from terrible adversity to wealthiest Black woman… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 3 Jan 2020 · 40 min How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) Mentions [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)[National Geographic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-geographic)[Linda Rottenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/linda-rottenberg)[Michelle Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/michelle-lee)[Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) About this episode To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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