Personal Finance. Following the philosophy that less is more, the duo went on to design incredibly successful products and fulfilled Jobs’ vision to change the world. The company’s shares sold out almost immediately and generated more capital with its public offering than any other company since Ford went public in All Apple stock price quotes in this article are outright prices, not prices adjusted for dividends and splits. Some thought it was a crazy idea that people would find any use for a computer in the early s, but the Mac changed the idea of what a computer could be.