--- description: On paper, the TV personality has already seen a big profit title: Here's How Much Money Oprah Made on Weight Watchers in 1 Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca60a42fa45d7d7f/698868f23c1639080245a4b8/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Much Money Oprah Made on Weight Watchers in 1 Day by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 19, 2015 11:02 PM CUT  Oprah Winfrey visits CBS This Morning with Co-hosts Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Oprah Winfrey visits CBS This Morning with Co-hosts Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015.Heather Wines—CBS/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 19, 2015 11:02 PM CUT No one instills confidence quite like Oprah Winfrey, and when the TV personality invested big in Weight Watchers on Monday, Wall Street [followed suit](http://www.wsj.com/articles/oprah-winfrey-taking-10-stake-in-weight-watchers-1445251920 "undefined"). Winfrey purchased a 10% stake in the weight-loss company, buying 6.4 million shares for $43 million—along with options to buy an additional 3.5 million shares at the same price, of $6.79, the Wall Street _Journal_ reports. After her vote of confidence, investors scrambled to get in on the action Monday, and the price doubled to $13.92 at closing. That means, on paper anyway, Oprah just made about $75 million in one day. As far as weight-related life events go, it may not be as dramatic as the iconic _Oprah Winfrey Show_ [episode](http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Oprah-Wheels-Out-the-Wagon-of-Fat-Video "undefined") in which she rolled a wagon onto the stage filled with animal fat symbolizing the 67 pounds she had recently lost, but it probably feels a whole lot better. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/oprah-winfrey-taking-10-stake-in-weight-watchers-1445251920 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4079102/oprah-weight-watchers-profit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4079102/oprah-weight-watchers-profit/"},"headline":"Here's How Much Money Oprah Made on Weight Watchers in 1 Day","datePublished":"2015-10-19T23:02:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:55:03.159Z","description":"On paper, the TV personality has already seen a big profit","url":"https://time.com/4079102/oprah-weight-watchers-profit/","keywords":["celebrities","Oprah"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca60a42fa45d7d7f/698868f23c1639080245a4b8/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca60a42fa45d7d7f/698868f23c1639080245a4b8/oprah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CBS This Morning","caption":"CBS This Morning","creditText":"Heather Wines—CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4079102/oprah-weight-watchers-profit/","name":"Here's How Much Money Oprah Made on Weight Watchers in 1 Day"}}]}] ```