Oprah Winfrey Stock Portfolio: 5 Companies To Consider

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1. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 190  

Just as YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), was really taking off, Oprah contributed to a $1.7 million funding round for Waywire, a New York-based internet platform targeted at young people that would feature original content from members that users could watch and share for free. The startup was the brainchild of Cory Booker, a US politician and tech guru.  

In 2013, Waywire was sold to Magnify, a video distributor, in a mostly-stock deal. Since then, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has enjoyed unrivaled success in the content creation domain in the short-form video space on the internet through YouTube. 

At the end of the second quarter of 2021, 190 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $26 billion in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), up from 185 in the preceding quarter worth $24 billion. 

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