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Mastercard stock has climbed nearly 12,000% since its IPO in 2006 — and the company says cards are just the beginning

  • Chris Clark--Yahoo Entertainment
  • published date: 2026-05-30 11:30:00 UTC

A $10,000 bet on Mastercard's 2006 IPO would be worth nearly $1.2 million today.

If you had put $10,000 into Mastercard [NYSE:MA] when it went public in 2006 reinvesting dividends and somehow resisting every temptation to sell during recessions, lawsuits and tech disruption scare… [+5729 chars]