NVIDIA Crushes Bitcoin and Apple with Jaw-Dropping Return of 41,570%
In January 2015, NVIDIA was a gaming chip company trading at $0.54 on a split-adjusted basis. Bitcoin struggled to hold above $280 after two brutal bearish years. Meanwhile, Apple's iPhone 6 was the hottest consumer device on the planet.
Fast forward to August 19, 2026: a $1,000 investment in NVIDIA made roughly 1,852 shares back then, and that stock is now trading at approximately $225, giving a current value of about $416,700. This represents an astonishing return of 41,570% in eleven years.
NVIDIA's transformation from gaming chip supplier to backbone of global AI infrastructure is the single most valuable business transformation of the past decade. Its data centers, AI training clusters, and CUDA software ecosystem were not visible at the time, making this a non-consensus bet.