▲ 613 ▼ Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds, Stock Tumbling (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 163 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first black woman billionaire was Sheila Johnson. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago No, she wasn't. Unless you are double counting her husband's money. She was married to the founder of BET. If you think they each did equal work for that, the money would be divided evenly. When they divorced they had less than a billion each. And their collective wealth only passed $1 billion a few years before Oprah did it on her own. Saying "they were both billionaires" seems wrong. If you and your spouse have $1000 total, how much money do you have? The answer is: you have $300 and your spouse has $700 because there's something amazing that you have to get for the house. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago No, she wasn't. Unless you are double counting her husband's money. She was married to the founder of BET. If you think they each did equal work for that, the money would be divided evenly. When they divorced they had less than a billion each. And their collective wealth only passed $1 billion a few years before Oprah did it on her own. Saying "they were both billionaires" seems wrong. If you and your spouse have $1000 total, how much money do you have? The answer is: you have $300 and your spouse has $700 because there's something amazing that you have to get for the house. permalink fedilink source parent