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Mogul makes fortune after tweeting about bread

Oprah Winfrey loves bread and investors loves Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey

Talk show host, Oprah Winfrey said in a video she posted to Twitter Tuesday afternoon that she has already lost 26 pounds using Weight Watchers.

And she did it despite eating bread every single day.

"I love bread!" she said (quite emphatically) in the video. The text of the tweet? "Eat bread. Lose weight. Whaaatttt?"

Oprah, an investor in Weight Watchers as well as a member of the company's board and diet service shares in the company skyrocketed more than 20%, closing at $13.29 a share.

She made a whopping $19.2 million Tuesday, or close to $5 million an hour.

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