On December 12, 1980, Apple went public, floating 4.6 million shares of stock at $22 per share. The Apple IPO makes some rich, others mad.

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On December 6, 2000, Apple Computer's stock price fell dramatically after lousy quarterly results. However, the best was yet to come in 2001.

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On September 17, 2012, Apple's stock price smashed through the $700 mark, cementing Cupertino's place as the world's most valuable company.

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On August 9, 2011, Apple briefly overtook ExxonMobil to become the world's most valuable company. Many Apple market cap milestones followed.

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See what it took for Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company again, surpassing Microsoft and Nvidia.

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