Better Than Google

Google's IPO, one of the most celebrated and successful initial public offerings in the history of the American stock market, took place ten years ago yesterday. Over those ten years, Google's stock has increased by 1,294 percent. If you had invested $10,000 in Google's IPO, you'd have about $140,000 today.

Incredibly, as the Wall Street Journal points out, there are ten stocks that have performed better than Google over those ten years. They are:

• Keurig Green Mountain, up 7,729 percent
• Monster Beverage, up 6,569 percent
• Priceline, up 6,277 percent
• Apple, up 4,419 percent
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals, up 4,265 percent
• Regneron Pharmaceuticals, up 4,167 percent
• Netflix, up 2,840 percent
• Intuitive Surgical, up 1,796 percent
• Salesforce.com, up 1,687 percent
• Western Digital, up 1,306 percent