cnet: If you purchased $1000 of Apple stock when Steve Jobs came back on board in the fall of 1997, your shares would be worth $30,463.50 today. Sadly, I only served as an Apple shareholder in the 2005 (when I bought my first Apple computer) to 2008 (when I became a tech blogger, and sold all my stock) range. I just 5x’d my money in that span, rather than 30x’ing it. High-res

cnet:

If you purchased $1000 of Apple stock when Steve Jobs came back on board in the fall of 1997, your shares would be worth $30,463.50 today.

Sadly, I only served as an Apple shareholder in the 2005 (when I bought my first Apple computer) to 2008 (when I became a tech blogger, and sold all my stock) range. I just 5x’d my money in that span, rather than 30x’ing it.