| Oklahoma born Phillip Calvin McGraw on the 1st of | | | | after that he managed to earn a masters degree in |
| September 1950 Doctor Phil has steadily made his | | | | psychology. Teamed with a PhD in clinical psychology |
| way to stardom thanks to the Oprah Winfrey Show. | | | | Doctor Phil knows what he is talking about when it |
| Oprah enlisted the help of Doctor Phil during a trail that | | | | comes to psychology. |
| she was going through. She hired his company to help | | | | During the completing of his internship and working on |
| read the jury and was impressed with his | | | | his PhD Phil ran a construction company together with |
| psychological knowledge and the ability to clearly | | | | his brother in law. McGraw owned a construction |
| interpret the characters of the jurers. Phil is a trained | | | | business with his brother-in-law while completing his |
| psychologist who used to run a sports school. | | | | internship for his Ph.D. After this he proceeded to give |
| Nowadays his TV personality and his books are the | | | | one on-one private sessions in his own office situated |
| main reasons for his fame. | | | | in Wichita Falls, Texas. He became more known for |
| Doctor Phil makes a pretty penny, over $45,000,000 | | | | his life skills seminars that he ran together with his |
| per year, and ranked #22 on Forbes Top 100 | | | | father and Thelma Box. After this Doctor Phil moved |
| Celebrities of 2006. His super successful talkshow | | | | on to bigger and better things. He started his own |
| makes up the brunt of this income - it draws a huge | | | | company called Courtroom Sciences Inc. This was the |
| 6.7 million viewers. | | | | a trial consulting firm that he started together with |
| But he doesn´t just make his money from his talk | | | | Gary Dobbs in 1989. Doctor Phil and his business |
| show. He also has 6 best selling books as well as an | | | | partner managed to advise over 500 companies. |
| endorsement deal from He also made a guest | | | | In 1995, Oprah Winfrey enlisted the help from this firm |
| appearance in the movie "Scary Movie 4". | | | | to help her get prepared for her much published |
| Doctor Phil grew up in North Texas and family life was | | | | Amarillo Texas beef trial. She was very impressed |
| geared towards the desire of his father to become a | | | | with his psychological skills and hired him to perform on |
| psychologist. He had a football scholarship for his | | | | her daily talk show. He became the regular Oprah |
| education at the University of Tulsa but had to pull out | | | | "Relationship and Life Strategy Expert". In 2002 Phil |
| after he got injured. Inn 1975 he graduated from | | | | started broadcasting his very own television show, Dr. |
| university with a bachelor's degree in psychology en | | | | Phil, produced by Oprah's very own company. |