If you'd put $1,000 into Amazon stock 20 years ago, here's what you'd have today
A W. P. Carey finance expert found that Amazon stock was one of the most successful in the world between 1997 and 2020.
In this story published Aug. 14 2025, in Kiplinger:
An analysis by Hendrik Bessembinder, finance professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, found that Amazon was one of the 30 best stocks in the world over three decades.
Between its initial public offering in 1997 and December 2020, Amazon stock created nearly $1.6 trillion in wealth for shareholders, according to Bessembinder's model, which includes cash flows in and out of the business and other adjustments.
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