Here's how rich you would be if you invested $1,000 in Netflix when it first went public 15 years ago (NFLX)

Netflix marksits 15th anniversary as a publicly traded company on May 23, and, despite some twists and turns, it's turned out to be an enormously successful venture. An investment of $1,000 at the stock's closing price on May 23, 2002, the day of the company's initial public offering, wasworth about $131,900 as of 10:20 AM ET on May 23, 2017. Of course, buying and holding Netflix for the last 15 years would have been a harrowing experience at times. The stocklost nearly 80% of its value between ...