Fiction has always been my favorite though. There is nothing I like better than getting lost in a good fiction book. I look forward to reading the New York Times fiction book reviews and always have a hard time deciding which book I want to read first.
As of this writing (February 26, 2015), the current price of one share of Apple (AAPL) stock is $128.66. Forrest Gump opened in theaters on July 6, 1994. On that date, the price of AAPL's stock was $0.93 per share, adjusted for the following stock splits; 2 for 1 (June 21, 2000), 2 for 1 (February 28, 2005) and 7 for 1 (June 9, 2014).
If Ronald had managed to retain his 10% stake in Apple, today his personal net worth would be $40.6 billion. That is actually a very unlikely scenario, but even if his stake was eventually whittled all the way down to just 1%, today he'd be worth $4.06 billion. Instead, today Ronald is not a billionaire.