The famous yo-yo dieter and media mogul tweeted on Tuesday about her love for bread, and getting to eat it every day during her recent 26-pound weight loss on Weight Watchers. As anyone who’s dieted knows, carbohydrates like bread are frequently on the prohibited list for weight-loss plans.
The twist is that Winfrey bought a minority share of the diet company last October. So she stands to make a good profit if the company does well. And yesterday’s tweet was quite the payday for Winfrey: The company’s stock went up 19.51%, or about $2.17 per share.
And according to the Wrap, Winfrey made about $13.8 million after Tuesday’s tweet. Here’s the breakdown:
“Winfrey owns 10% of the company, or 15% when stock options are exercised. Weight Watchers has 63,621,022 shares outstanding, which would mean Winfrey owns 6,362,102.2 of those, without even exercising her option.
On Tuesday, based on the $2.17-per-share jump, Winfrey’s total haul gained $13,805,761.80.”
So Winfrey’s not only eating bread, but she’s earning that bread, too.
See Winfrey’s multimillion-dollar tweet below:
Eat bread. Lose weight. Whaaatttt? #ComeJoinMe https://t.co/jUgpk9ToXY
href=”https://t.co/xtnB53EwSf”>January 26, 2016
This article was originally published on Business Insider. Copyright 2016.
