If you invested $100 in MICROSOFT in 1980, what..?

Question

what would it be worth today?

Is Wind Power the new Microsoft? If so which company?

Answer 1

You could not buy the stock in 1980.

Microsoft's initial public offering was March 13, 1986. The offering price was $21 per share. The stock has split 9 times.

Each share purchased at the IPO is not 288 shares.

If you had bought 5 shares at the IPO they would have cost $105.  MSFT is currently trading at $25.72, so your investment would be worth

5 x 288 x 25.72 = $37,036.80

Wind power is not the new Microsoft. Microsoft signed an exclusive agreement to supply an operating system for IBM personal computers, giving it a near monopoly. No wind power company has a similar advantage.

Answer 2

$7,719,321.60