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