What if you bought apple stock 10 years ago? Here’s what $10,000 would be worth today

Apple has created huge wealth for long-term investors. Apple is now worth about $4.54 trillion, after gaining roughly 51% in the past year. That increase added more than $1.5 trillion to the company’s market value.

Apple was a much smaller company 10 years ago. In August 2016, Apple was worth about $580 billion. That means the value Apple added in just the past year is more than 2.5 times the company’s entire market value a decade ago, according to The Motley Fool.