/Apple%20Inc%20logo%20on%20Apple%20store-by%20PhillDanze%20via%20iStock.jpg)
Apple (AAPL) just crossed a milestone few tech companies ever see, hitting its 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026, five decades after Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak turned a garage project into one of Wall Street’s most-watched stocks.
Over that span, a hypothetical 100-share allocation at Apple’s IPO price in 1980 would now be worth more than $5.5 million, showing the power of its long-term return story in the public markets.