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Apple’s public offering price was $22 per share, but the figure is difficult to interpret today because the company has split its stock five times since going public. Two of those splits resulted in far more shares than the typical 2-for-1 structure.
As a result, an investor who would have owned just one share at the time of the IPO would now hold 224 shares of Apple. That effectively reduces the IPO price from $22 to about $0.10 on a per-share basis. With Apple’s current share price listed at $254.65, the implied gain over roughly 45 years is a little over 254,650%.
The article also provides a more tangible illustration: a $2,000 investment made in Apple’s 1980 public offering would be worth a little more than $5.18 million today.
The piece notes that it is unlikely that even long-tenured employees and insiders would have held all of their stakes from the IPO period. Still, it argues that some investors have benefited substantially from patience in Apple’s stock.
It also emphasizes that Apple’s trajectory is not guaranteed for every company that appears poised for long-term success. The article cites examples of other businesses—Groupon, MySpace, Radio Shack, and Juicero—that were once widely expected to achieve greatness but did not follow Apple’s path.
According to the article, the vast majority of Apple’s net gains occurred just since 2007, when the company helped solidify a then-emerging smartphone industry that it would go on to lead.
The article draws a comparison to Amazon and Netflix, stating that those companies also rewarded shareholders significantly after they established leadership in their respective sectors.

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