Oracle has returned around 80,000% since IPO. Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, AOL, numerous others all pulled a greater than 10,000% return post IPO.
Las Vegas Sands managed around a 7,000% return from the 2009 bottom to recent top.
What do you suppose Andy Bechtolsheim's $100k check / investment into Google returned?
There are in fact plenty of examples in recent history of extraordinary returns on par with or far exceeding that 10,000% level.
Oracle has returned around 80,000% since IPO. Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, AOL, numerous others all pulled a greater than 10,000% return post IPO.
Las Vegas Sands managed around a 7,000% return from the 2009 bottom to recent top.
What do you suppose Andy Bechtolsheim's $100k check / investment into Google returned?
There are in fact plenty of examples in recent history of extraordinary returns on par with or far exceeding that 10,000% level.