When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the Dow Jones was sitting at 7,949 points. As of April 8, 2015, the Dow Jones was at 17,902 points. In total, therefore, the Dow Jones has increased 10,000 points since Obama took office. The Dow has grown 125%. Other composite indexes show tremendous growth under President Obama as well. The S&P 500 has grown 156% and the NASDAQ is up over 225% since the day Obama took office.