Tom Hanks’ character Forrest Gump in the classic 1994 film “Forrest Gump” made a fortune in the shrimp industry. His friend and partner Lieutenant Dan invested part of the proceeds from shrimp sales in “some kind of fruit company,” which was actually Apple Inc. AAPL 1.59% and was called Apple Computer at the time.
The timeline of the movie suggests that the investment in Apple was made after Hurricane Carmen in 1974. A post on Quora asked how much venture capital Apple Computer received in its very early days and one of the answers noted different sources give different and conflicting answers.
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