According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Winfrey, 63, has a net worth of $3.7B while Trump,71, is worth $2.9B, according to the same index.
American media mogul Oprah Winfrey is suddenly the topic of intense speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run after dominating the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Fueling the intrigue is the fact that the cultural icon stacks up well with President Trump — himself of course a mogul and cultural icon — in one department where Trump considers particularly important.
Wealth.
In fact, according to Bloomberg, Oprah has recently passed POTUS.
Winfrey, 63, has a net worth of $3.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, boosted by a highly successful 10% investment in Weight Watchers. Trump,71, is worth $2.9 billion, according to the same index — hurt by a drop in the value of three office properties in Manhattan.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index tracks the net worth of the world’s richest people. (In October 2017, Forbes estimated Winfrey’s net worth was $3 billion and Trump’s net worth was $3.1 billion.)
Trump, who has loudly touted his net worth over the years, claimed to be worth more than $10 billion in a personal disclosure form filed during the 2016 presidential campaign.
On Oct. 19,2015, Weight Watchers disclosed that Winfrey had joined its board and purchased 6,363,103 shares — a 10% stake in the company — at an average price of $6.79 per share. The stock closed the next day up 105%, and has seen a more than 350% increase since the announcement.
Today, with the stock price ( WTW) trading above $55, Winfrey’s stake is valued at about $349 million, meaning she has made approximately $306 million in paper gains. Additionally, as part of the partnership, Winfrey received 3.5 million vested stock options at an exercisable price of $6.97 per share. Weight Watchers, meanwhile, got royalty-free licensing for Winfrey’s name and image and endorsement of its programs and products.
Talk of “Oprah 2020” became a recurrent theme during and after Sunday’s award’s show. In his opening monologue, host Seth Meyers used some reverse psychology to hint at a surprise Winfrey POTUS bid.
“Oprah, while I have you, in 2011 I told some jokes about our current president at the White House Correspondents Dinner — jokes about how he was unqualified to be president — and some have said that night convinced him to run,” Meyers said. “So if that’s true, I just want to say: Oprah, you will never be president. You do not have what it takes.”
Later in the evening, Winfrey delivered an impassioned speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.”
“I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon!” Winfrey said during a speech at Sunday’s Golden Globes that instantly went viral. “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight — and some pretty phenomenal men — fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again.”
The speech immediately sparked Oprah 2020 chatter on Twitter.
“It’s up to the people,” Winfrey’s longtime partner, Stedman Graham, told the Los Angeles Times on Sunday night. “She would absolutely do it.”
Oprah subsequently denied the presidential speculation to Bloomberg, but people around her have continued to stoke the speculation. CNN’s Brian Stelter, citing two of Winfrey’s friends, reported that Winfrey was “actively thinking” about running for president.
CBS’s “This Morning ” co-host Gayle King, who is editor-at-large of Oprah magazine, said on Tuesday morning that Winfrey was “intrigued by the idea.” King, a close friend of Winfrey’s, also said: ”She loves this country, and would like to be of service in some way.”
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Oprah Winfrey smiles and gives the Okay sign during her time hosting the television show People Are Talking, 1978. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON — Pictured: (l-r) Talk show host Oprah Winfrey during an interview with guest host Joan Rivers on January 27,1986 — (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MARCH 13: Oprah Winfrey attends the nominees luncheon for 58th Annual Academy Awards on March 13,1986 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 14 — Pictured: Oprah Winfrey during the monologue on April 14,1986 (Photo by Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 9/8/1986-New York, NY: Oprah Winfrey (shown 8/21), whose talk show knocked the socks off Phil Donahue in Chicago and Tom Snyder in New York, will debut nationwide this month. Her interviews are peppy, probing, revealing, earthy and best of all she is funny. UPI eh/Ezio Peteresen
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – NOVEMBER 7: Oprah Winfrey sighted on November 7,1986 at Tramp’s in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
NEW YORK CITY – OCTOBER 22: Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey attend NAACP Legal Defense Fund Benefit Gala on October 22,1987 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – DECEMBER 13: Oprah Winfrey and Steadman Graham attend 47th Annual Golden Apple Awards on December 13,1987 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
Stedman Graham and Oprah Winfrey (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)
Oprah Winfrey at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York City, New York (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN — Episode 1135 — Pictured: (l-r) Talk show host Oprah Winfrey during an interview with host David Letterman on May 2,1989 — (Photo by: Paul Natkin/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Stedman Graham and Oprah Winfrey during 15th Annual Rape Treatment Center Brunch – September 24,1989 at Sandra Moss in Holmby Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Jim Smeal/WireImage)
NEW YORK CITY – JUNE 27: Oprah Winfrey attends 18th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 27,1991 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 14: Singer Aretha Franklin and Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey backstage at Radio City Music Hall on September 14,1991. (Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images)
Television personality Oprah Winfrey. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
398059 20: Talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey arrives at the annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala December 2,2001 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
398107 04: ITALY OUT Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey leaves a Midtown Hotel for Chicago after shopping for clothes and art December 3,2001 in New York City.
NEW YORK CITY, NY – NOVEMBER 13: Oprah Winfrey and Elie Wiesel attend The New York Public Library Hosts Annual Library Lions Gala at New York Public Library on November 13,2006 in New York City. (Photo by Matt Carasella/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Halle Berry, Angela Bassett & Oprah Winfrey during Lionsgate Pre-Oscar Party for ‘Monster’s Ball’ at Mirabelle Restaurant in West Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage)
Oprah Winfrey during The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Press Room at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
Oprah Winfrey at the The Marriot Marquis in New York City, New York (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)
NEW YORK CITY – NOVEMBER 12: Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend 46th Annual National Urban League Awards on November 12,2002 at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)
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Morehouse President Walter Massey and Oprah Winfrey (Photo by Moses Robinson/WireImage)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 29: Television Personality Oprah Winfrey attends the 76th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater on February 29,2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 30: Television Personality Oprah Winfrey makes an appearance at The Waldorf Astoria where she was honored by the United Nations Association with it’s Global Humanitarian Action Award. September 30,2004 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 23: Oprah Winfrey speaks on stage at the 16th Carousel of Hope presented by Mercedes-Benz benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel October 23,2004 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
Beyonce, Halle Berry and Oprah Winfrey at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)
Oprah Winfrey during The 36th Annual NAACP Image Awards – Show at Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jesse Grant/WireImage)
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Oprah Winfrey during The 28th Annual Kennedy Center Honors – Arrivals at The Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts in Washington D. C., -, United States. (Photo by Jeff Snyder/FilmMagic)
ATLANTA – FEBRUARY 6: Television personality Oprah Winfrey views the body of Correta Scott King at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church during a public viewing February 6,2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. King’s casket will lie in Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her husband the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached in the 1960s and the civil rights matriarch remained a member until her death. King died January 31 in Mexico at an alternative medicine clinic, where doctors said she was battling advanced ovarian cancer. (Photo by Jason Reed-Pool/Getty Images)
HOUSTON – FEBRUARY 18: Singer Mary J. Blige and television personality Oprah Winfrey are seen on court prior to the 2006 NBA All-Star Saturday Night festivities during All-Star Weekend February 18,2006 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Getty Images)
NEW YORK – APRIL 19: Television personality Oprah Winfrey attends the opening night of ‘Three Days of Rain’ at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on April 19,2006 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 10: Oprah Winfrey hugs one of the girls that she interviewed for her school for unprivileged girls on August 10,2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Oprah has invested over $40 million to build a first class high school for a few hundred lucky girls from all over South Africa. She has realized her dream and promise to president Nelson Mandela to build the school, and to uplift the lives if these young girls. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
LUIS GUERRA/�2006 RAMEY PHOTO New York, September 24,2006 OPRAH WINFREY leaving her midtown hotel in Manhattan. PGlg (Photo by LUIS GUERRA/�2006 Phil Ramey/RameyPix/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Mary J. Blige and Oprah Winfrey during 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter – Arrivals at Mortons in West Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)
HOLLYWOOD – DECEMBER 11: Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Hudson at the premiere of ‘The Great Debaters’ at the Arclight Theater on December 11,2007 in Hollywood, California.
