Historical scenario / AMZN / 2002

If you had bought AMZN in 2002 with $10,000...

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Vintage 2002
Initial: $10,000

Estimated value

$5,615,378

Initial $10,000Profit $5,605,378

Buy Price

Jan 1, 2002

$0.4565

Sell Price

Oct 14, 2026

$256

Multiplier

561.5×

ROI

+56054%

2002 Price Range
Open (Jan 1)Jan 1, 2002$0.55
2002 Highest$1.21
2002 Lowest$0.46
CurrentOct 14, 2026$256.34

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Calculation record

How this result was calculated

The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2002 entry price, then multiplied by the latest available price. Taxes, trading fees, spreads, dividends and inflation are not included.

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Year open
$0.548
Year low / high
$0.456 / $1.212
Latest price
$256.342
Price as of
2026-10-14

Source: GhostGains market-data API using publicly available market observations. Prices can be delayed and should be independently verified.

Same period benchmark

Compared with the S&P 500

Both returns use the first available price in 2002 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.

AMZN

467.78×

46677.7%

S&P 500

6.71×

571.2% · as of 2026-10-14

Scenario context

In 2002, Amazon traded between $0.456 and $1.212, a range equal to 138.0% of its opening price. An investment made at the year's low produces the headline result above; using the year's opening price produces a 467.78× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 6.71×.

Asset Insight

About AMZN

Amazon is a multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing (AWS), online advertising, and digital streaming. It is the world's largest online retailer and cloud service provider.

Market History

Started by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore, Amazon rapidly expanded into "The Everything Store." AWS, launched in 2006, revolutionized the internet infrastructure, becoming a major profit driver for the company.

Fun Fact

While you were drinking overpriced coffee, Amazon was compounding. See how much wealthier you'd be if you invested that cash instead.
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