George Clooney Sold His Tequila Company For 1 Billion And The Jokes Write Themselves

Spirits entrepreneur and sometime-actor George Clooney cofounded a tequila brand, Casamigos, with his friend, hotelier Rande Gerber, in 2013.
As it turns out, that tequila company was worth wayyyyy more than anyone would’ve guessed: It was just sold to liquor giant Diageo for a whopping $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal estimates Diageo is paying approximately $500 per bottle of the tequila, which retails for about $50 each.
The internet has taken note, and the jokes are flowing in.
God: I apologize for making you go through life as George Clooney, here’s $1 billion.
Clooney: For what?

God: I don’t know, cactus water?

— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) June 22, 2017
George Clooney had a $1 billion tequila business? No wonder there was no sequel to Out of Sight. https://t.co/wCBaSf8KKW
— Stephen Rodrick (@stephenrodrick) June 21, 2017
George Clooney sold his tequila company for a BILLION DOLLARS and the dude is still starring in Nespresso commercials??
— Jack Coyne (@jackycoyne) June 22, 2017
It would be a nice gesture if George Clooney used some of that billion dollars to give everyone who saw Batman & Robin a refund.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 21, 2017
George Clooney knew of our Batmen rankings and his ascension to billionaire status is him method-acting his way into being Batman again.
— Sishir Chetri (@SishirChetri) June 21, 2017
Finally George Clooney catches a break in life https://t.co/ya4vC5HgST
— Dan Hurley (@ApexHurley) June 21, 2017

We’re just happy that all those years of hard work and uncertainty have paid off for Clooney.

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