https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-stocks-trillion-investors/patience-pays-off-for-decades-long-apple-shareholders-idUSKBN1KN2CU >Donna Fenn bought shares of Apple Inc in the 1980s on the recommendation of a stockbroker a good friend of hers was dating. She'd heard of the company because its co-founder Steve Jobs had appeared on the cover of the magazine she worked for.