If I had so much money that I basically could tell people what to do and they would do it....I'm afraid to think of how I might treat them :)
Becoming wealthy does not change a person’s character. Instead, it just intensifies whatever character traits the person may have had before they received their wealth. So if some impoverished a-hole becomes wealthy, he’ll just become a more powerful a-hole after he becomes wealthy. The only thing that changes is his balance sheet, not his a-holeness.
Warren Buffet was the richest man in the world before Bill Gates toppled him on the Forbes list during the 90s. Although Buffet may have some pathetic political leanings, he is still the same down-home folksy person that he was before he became wealthy.
Bill Gates was a paranoid, power-hungry geek before he became wealthy. Even after he became the richest man in the world, he is still a paranoid, power-hungry geek.
So to extend this analysis to Oprah, the odds are strong that she was a bee itch way before she made it big.