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Oprah Winfrey

7 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 22, 2018 by Guy Raz · said 68 times in 26 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Oprah Winfrey's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Guy Raz (36), Lisa Price (13), Maureen Kelly (5), Jamie Cormack (4), Troy Carter (2), Janice Bryant Howroyd (2), Chip Gaines (2), Brian Smith (2)

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2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
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2020 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2019 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2018 14 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2017 18 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode
2016 5 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Oprah Winfrey, oldest first

Jan 22, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Oprah Winfrey named Kilgore a personal inspiration on her show finale
“Marcia's built so many companies that on the last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah named her one of her personal inspirations.”
Guy Raz Jan 22, 2018 ▶ 47:38 Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore
Dec 5, 2019
Assertion Supported
Oprah named Spanx a favorite product weeks after Blakely quit her job
“I quit my job on October 16th, and Oprah called me in the beginning of November. And chose Spanx as her favorite product of the year.”
Sara Blakely Dec 5, 2019 ▶ 11:21 Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx
Apr 26, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jeff Martin: Pipcorn website crashed immediately upon airing on Oprah
“They showed a pan-across shot at the market of our packaging, and when they showed the name, Pipcorn, our website crashed.”
Jeff Martin Apr 26, 2021 ▶ 48:58 Pipcorn: Jennifer and Jeff Martin
Apr 26, 2021
Insight
Jennifer Martin: Pipcorn over-indexed on seasonal gifting post-Oprah
“I think the Oprah, we sort of, like, pivoted A little bit too much to focus on, like, being an online gift, and we had to, like, swing all the way back to figure out, like, okay, well, that's seasonal, right? People love that for the holiday, but then the rest…”
Jennifer Martin Apr 26, 2021 ▶ 52:45 Pipcorn: Jennifer and Jeff Martin
Apr 26, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jeff Martin: Pipcorn generated up to $200,000 in sales following Oprah feature
“It was like close to, you know, 200,000 dollars in sales in, in a short, in a really, maybe like a 150,000 dollars of sales in a really short period of time”
Jeff Martin Apr 26, 2021 ▶ 50:02 Pipcorn: Jennifer and Jeff Martin
Jun 5, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tory Burch website drew 8 million visitors following Oprah Winfrey endorsement
“She told us to back up our site. We had eight million visitors in our first, almost second year in business.”
Tory Burch Jun 5, 2023 ▶ 43:14 Tory Burch: Tory Burch
Jun 1, 2026 negative
What-if
Publicizing Oprah's endorsement early would have bankrupted UGG due to insufficient capital
“If we had announced that Oprah was wearing our shoes or boots, it would have killed the company when I owned the company, because I didn't have the capital to build the product to take on that demand.”
Brian Smith Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 1:23:12 UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.
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