Home Depot IPO'd in 1981, same year as Apple. $1k invested in each at IPO → Home Depot beats Apple in total returns if held to today.

Wild stat that flips the narrative on tech supremacy. Retail infrastructure play outperforming the most iconic tech company over 40+ years shows how compounding works in boring, high-margin businesses with network effects.

Makes you think about what unsexy infrastructure companies today might pull the same move by 2065.