Ron Wayne Sold 10% Of Apple in 1976
 

Apple Co-founder Ron Wayne sold a 10% stake in Apple way back then and I think you can guess the rest. At today's current market cap, his shares would have been worth much "over" $40 Billion USD (estimation)

Instead he got $800 USD in 1976 and bought gold. Now hes buying gold again. I'm a quite bullish about gold and silver going forward but of course a company like Apple is a rarity indeed..... poor old bastard.

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But of course, its always easy to say these things in retrospect...........

Only thing worse would be the guy getting fired by the Beatles.


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Sure but in financial terms, that wouldn't come even close.

Paul McCartney is reportedly worth around $1.4 billion max

Ringo Starr is reportedly worth around $400 million max

George Harrison was worth around the same as Ringo when he died.....

I was thinking of the feeling of sitting home and continually seeing what could have been everywhere you look.

Yea, 10% of Apple doesn't even come close.

Yeah sure, it can happen...... but he said he has no regrets and I believe him because I know not everyone thinks that way and in this case. The other thing is, unlike the guy who was fired, this guy didn't need to actually do anything - he owned equity. He could have sit in a shed for 40 yrs and did nothing and come out a multi-billionaire.

Everyone has made a terrible investment decision at some point in life, unknowingly.

My grandfather still tells this story a lot(especially around the holidays). Some guy he served in the USAF with was either one of the founders or initial investors in Pizza Hut. Offered my grandpa 5% ownership for $500 back in the 50's. He bought a new sports car instead.

It's probably the only thing I've ever heard him express regret about.

Well one of the biggest mistakes people make is that they tend to focus on acquiring liabilities as opposed to assets..... as any Robert Kiyosaki book will tell you. Assets are ugly and liabilities like a shiny new sports car are wonderful.

How may of us bought any Apple stock in the last ten years? I bought the iphone about a month after it came out and was blown away. Did I turn around and buy some stock? Nope.

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I bet lots of similar stuff to be told, people not buying something that will be billions later

mind you, who's to say that if he hadn't have sold those shares that Apple's history would have remained the same?

Um.... $1.4 billion is a lot closer to $40 billion than I'll ever come.

Should I sell my 10% stake in btc or not?

i agree these what-ifs are always pie in the sky. Anyone who has such a lotto ticket is certainly selling some shares at various crashes to protect profits & enjoy the high life. Who in their right mind would hold all these years without selling?

Given the circumstances at the time, it was probably a good sell. You can't beat yourself up about not predicting a shitty computer company would reinvent itself as a mobile and media company 35 years later.

Well it did sound good back then.

i did - and just had a look today - it's up 80% from when I bought it