Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long been a prime example of what innovation and savvy business practices look like. After all, you don't get to be the world's most valuable public company by accident. Apple's journey has revolutionized the tech world and made a lot of investors rich along the way.

Since the beginning of 2003, Apple's total return has been over 8,800%. So if you had invested $10,000 in the company back then and held on through all the intervening years while reinvesting your dividends, your stake would be worth over $8.8 million today.

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