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Rob Gronkowski made $72 million in on-field earnings during his 11-year career in the NFL. In other words, he did quite alright for himself and had a healthy number of commas in his bank account when he retired in 2022. More money is never a bad thing, however, and the four-time Super Bowl champion recently shared a hilarious story about how he made quite a bit of coin with a move he made in the stock market.

Gronkowski recently turned back the clock to 2014 when he was having a home built in Foxborough during an interview with Fortune. As one does while building a home, Gronk found himself talking to the contractor overseeing the construction, and the contractor would always tell him to buy Apple stock. 

Eventually, Gronkowski listened, and in perfectly on-brand fashion, he called up his financial advisor and bought $69,000 worth of Apple stock.

“So I call up my financial advisor. I’m like, ‘Put $69,000 in Apple.’ My own money, with no advice like this, is just from the guy who built my house here in the New England area,” Gronkowski explained.

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Former NFL player Rob Gronkowski talks terrible Patriots pre-draft visit. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rob Gronkowski cashed in big time on Apple stock after buying a huge number of shares a decade ago. (Credit: Getty Images)

One share of Apple stock today will cost you $235, but in 2014 shares were hovering around the $25 to $30 mark. To put it simply, it was a very wise move to get in on Apple exactly when he did.

“Now to this day, I have over $600,000 in Apple stock, all because of the investment I made in 2014 having no idea what I was doing, but just listening to the guy that built my house here in New England,” Gronkowski said.

It’s true, the rich really do just get richer.

Another $600,000 to Gronkowski, who has made millions of dollars from endorsement deals alone, may not seem like a lot, but essentially making a (relatively sure thing) bet with $69,000 of your own money early in your career and seeing it pay off in a massive way would put a smile on anyone’s face.