Phillip Calvin McGraw Born in Oklahoma on September 1, 1950, Doctor Phil has steadily made his way to stardom thanks to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah enlisted the help of Doctor Phil during a tour he was going through. She hired her company to help read the jury and was impressed with his psychological insight and ability to clearly portray the jury’s characters. Phil is a trained psychologist who used to run a sports school. Today his television personality and his books are the main reasons for his fame.
Doctor Phil earns quite a bit of money, over $45,000,000 per year, and is ranked number 22 on Forbes Top 100 Celebrities of 2006. His super-hit talk show accounts for the bulk of this income – attracting 6.7 million viewers. .
But he doesn’t just make money from his talk show. He also has 6 best selling books as well as an endorsement deal from Match.com. He also made a special appearance in the movie “Scary Movie 4”.
Dr. Phil grew up in North Texas and family life was geared towards his father’s desire to become a psychologist. He had a football scholarship for his education at the University of Tulsa, but had to withdraw after getting injured. Inn 1975 graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in psychology after he managed to earn a master’s degree in psychology. Along with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Dr. Phil knows what he’s talking about when it comes to psychology.
During the completion of his internship and while working on his Ph.D., Phil ran a construction company with his brother-in-law. McGraw owned a construction business with his brother-in-law while he was completing his internship for his Ph.D. After this, he proceeded to give private one-on-one sessions in his own office located in Wichita Falls, Texas. He became best known for his life skills seminars that he led with his father and Thelma Box. After this, Doctor Phil moved on to bigger and better things. He started his own company called Courtroom Sciences Inc. This was a trial consulting firm that he started with Gary Dobbs in 1989. Dr. Phil and his business partner have gone on to advise over 500 companies.
In 1995, Oprah Winfrey listed the assistance of this firm in helping her prepare for her highly publicized Amarillo Texas beef trial. She was very impressed with his psychological skills and hired him to perform on her daily talk show. He became Oprah’s “relationship and life strategy expert.” In 2002, Phil began airing his own television show, Dr. Phil, produced by Oprah’s own company.
