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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.

[1] http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/318480/stanford_earns...

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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.

If they hadn't sold it then should they sell it now?

Always sell half, and keep half.

$3.6B figure looks about right, but the growth was more like 20x. Don't forget the 2:1 stock split in 2014.

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