Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) was born in New York and has an estimated net worth of $45 million dollars. An Oscar-winning actress, comedienne, producer, author, and host, Whoopi Goldberg began her career in experimental theater, and went on to perform on Broadway. She has appeared in such films as “The Color Purple”, “Ghost”, and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”, and is one of only a handful of performers to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy.