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Paolo Confino

NFL legend Rob Gronkowski’s best-ever investment: $69,000 worth of Apple stock he bought on advice from his contractor

Photo of Rob Gronkowski (Credit: Mike McGregor/Getty Images for The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund)

NFL legend Rob Gronkowski bought $69,000 worth of Apple stock on advice from his contractor. Then he forgot about it for more than two years.

In 2014, when Gronkowski was playing for the New England Patriots, he was having a 4,486-square-foot house built in Foxborough, Mass., about 20 miles outside Boston. The contractor Gronkowski hired gave the tight end, who was then 25 years old, some valuable investment advice. 

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