Stedman Graham

ABOUT STEDMAN GRAHAM

Longtime partner of Oprah Winfrey . He was also an author and public speaker.

He graduated from Ball State University in 1979 with a Master's degree in Education.

He was the CEO of the S. Graham & Associates marketing firm.

He had a daughter, Wendy, from a previous marriage to Glenda Graham. He was romantically linked to Winfrey beginning in 1986.

He took a different, more grassroots-oriented approach to motivational speaking from the tactics used by Winfrey discovery Dr. Phil McGraw .