{"id":47005,"date":"2023-11-12T17:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/news\/microsoft-windows-is-turning-40-how-much-money-youd-have-if-you-invested-1000-in-the-company-10-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T17:38:42","slug":"microsoft-windows-is-turning-40-how-much-money-youd-have-if-you-invested-1000-in-the-company-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=47005","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Windows is turning 40\u2014how much money you’d have if you invested $1,000 in the company 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft Windows just hit a major milestone \u2014 its 40th birthday.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 10, 1983, Microsoft unveiled the first version of Windows. It was an extension of the software company’s MS-DOS operating system for personal computers, which were just beginning to gain popularity in the 80s.<\/p>\n

This iteration of Windows was a graphical user interface that had early versions of features we would recognize today, like drop-down menus, the ability to run multiple applications at once and the ability to use a mouse to click and open electronic files.<\/p>\n

But this version of Windows wasn’t nearly as ubiquitous as the software is currently. Consumers weren’t able to purchase it until two years later in 1985. It cost $100 and only sold around 500,000 copies, according to Time.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to today and over a billion people now use Windows, Microsoft reported in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How much an investment in Microsoft is worth<\/h2>\n
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Microsoft stock first went public on March 13, 1986 at $21 per share. By the end of the trading day, the price had risen to $28 per share.<\/p>\n

Now, the price is nearly 13 times higher, closing at $360.69 on Nov. 9. Shares are up about 50% year to date.<\/p>\n

If you had invested $1,000 in Microsoft one, five or 10 years ago, here’s how much your money would be worth now. CNBC’s calculations are based on the company’s Nov. 9 closing share price of $360.69.<\/p>\n