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According to [1], Stanford received 1.8 million shares of Google stock (I'd imagine for PageRank and other rights), and they sold it over time for $336 million.

• hiuaql 9y ago
  If they hadn't sold it in 2005, it would be worth $3.6B now (10x in 12 years), more than 10% of Stanford's total endowment.
  • hodl 9y ago
    If they hadn't sold it then should they sell it now?
    • rabidrat 9y ago
      Always sell half, and keep half.
  • admp 9y ago
    $3.6B figure looks about right, but the growth was more like 20x. Don't forget the 2:1 stock split in 2014.