As of June 2019, she had amassed a net worth of over $2 billion.
Since striking it rich, Oprah has shared the wealth.
“But it’s hard!”
We think it probably would be if we had a billion dollars too.
Read on for an inside look at a few of her most extravagant indulgences.
Greene explained that a majority of our food lacks essential nutrients because of the pesticides used.
Her property grows over 100 different kinds of fruits, veggies, and herbs.
“We’re already producing 145 pounds of food each week,” Oprah revealed in 2013.
After years of travel and an altercation with a fan at a terminal Oprah Winfreywas tired of it.
“‘This is going to be my last time waiting four hours in the Chicago O’Hare Airport.'”
Ever since, she’s been traveling in style.
I’ll do the shoot there.'"
This encouraged Oprah to buyall 163 acresand built herself a cozy house.
“It feels like a nice blanket,” Oprahonce saidof the estate.
“A lovely and soft cashmere one.”
“It’s a great house for her and two or three friends.”
That’s exactly what Oprah prepared for when she purchased the property, it seems.
Upon spotting an electric scooter she liked, she boughtfiveof them.
“Um we’re still waiting for our invitation!
Alongside hybridizer Tom Carruth, the designer came up with anewrose for the billionaire.
Well, maybe notexactlylike Oprah’s.
“I knew my house was impressive,” she revealed onOprah.com.
It was then that she realized that she needed to make her home feel more cozy and less cultured.
However, downsizing means something completely different to a billionaire like Oprah.
All the things Oprah decided to get rid of were enough to fill threelargetents.
She auctioned off items that ranged from furniture to dolls to electric scooters.
“It is my idea of a yard sale,” she told “CBS This Morning.”
Naturally, she didn’t need the funds, but she knew others who did.
All of the money went directly toThe Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girlsthat she built in South Africa.
Oprah does not allow any electronics or work to enter her tranquil teahouse.
“No meetings, ever,” she said.
In fact, she wouldn’t even allow a bathroom to be built in the space.
However, that restaurant may just be on the other side of the country.
Yet and still, what Oprah wants, Oprah gets.
One of her “Favorite Things” happens to be crab cakes.
Lunch happens to be Oprah’s favorite meal of the day, and she likes to share with others.
I had Jennifer Lawrence up for lunch, Chrissy Metz, Princess Ameerah of Saudi Arabia.”
Having perfect wine is important to Oprah.
“Wine if it’s too warm is the only thing I ever send back at a restaurant.”
Naturally, Oprah’s wine cellar isn’t any old wine cellar.
It reportedly cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars to build, The Telegraph revealed.
Then in 2016, Oprah sold a single painting to a collector for a whopping $150 million.
PerBloomberg, it was one of the largest private art transactions of 2016.
The painting, titled “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,” was created in 1912 by artist Gustav Klimt.
Oprah purchased it back in 2006 for"only"$87.9 million.
Two years beforehand, she reportedly even let the Museum of Modern Art display it for visitors.
By the time she sold it, the painting’s value had increased by a whopping 71 percent.
And it’s not just during a photo shoot that Oprah has people helping her look her best.
And yes, we’re jealous.
Its shelves hold over 1,500 books, which can be enjoyed while curled up on a nearby floral armchair.
Oprah even has a 12-volume collection of novels with golden portraits of their authors adorned on the spines.
Everything the woman touches seems to turn to gold.
Oh, and it happens to be in the samestar-filled neighborhood asEllen DeGeneresandDrew Barrymore’s homes.
Interestingly, it’s also a horse farm, according toE!
News revealed that Oprah didn’t actually want any of the horses that came along with the estate.
We hope so, but then again: itonlycost her $28.85 million.
In 2019, Oprah was officially appointed the godmother of Holland America’sNieuw Statendam.
Yes, a cruise ship.
Oprah is only the second person to be named a godparent of one of Holland America’s cruise ships.
The first wasDesmond Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
It truly sounds like Oprah is living hers.
I can run your campaign,'" she toldPeople.
She continued, saying, “And I haven’t gotten that,” she admitted to People.
Of course, that could change.
#Oprah2024, anyone?
“I major in bathtubs,” she toldVoguein 2017.
“I spend my time looking for the best possible bathtub a woman can buy.”
So it only makes sense that her home once held the most amazing one anyone has ever imagined.
“Bathing is my hobby,” she said.
“I take it seriously.”
We can certainly see that!
Unfortunately, when it came to later remodeling her bathroom, her custom-made tub was something Winfrey parted with.
It didn’t fit the new room anymore, and it was an emotional moment for her.
She explained, “It made me feel special.
Lots of people have nice houses, but not many have a hand-carved-out-of-one-piece-of-onyx tub.”
However, her experience happens to be a bit different than the rest of ours.
She likes to hop aboard her private plane to spend the day at a special spa in the Himalayas.
Everyone from Winfrey to Brad Pitt has been seen there, according toElle.
Rather, Winfrey’s yogi helped her to let go of negative thoughts.
“Ananda is a gift,” she wrote in their guestbook (via Elle).
“And a blessing!”
