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Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies.
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business · American businessman (born 1965) · entrepreneur · financier · computer scientist · businessperson · investor · philanthropist · chief executive officer · also Michael Dell, Dell
Born 23 February 1965 · Q218630
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2026· 4 entries
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The second Trump administration awarded Dell Technologies with a five-year, roughly $9
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2020· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $37.6B (as of 2020).
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Bower Award for Business Leadership (2013).
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Michael Dell with the help of Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft, and a consortium of lenders took Dell, Inc
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2007· 1 entry
Dell returned as CEO at the request of the board, succeeding Rollins
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2004· 1 entry
Dell stepped down as CEO, but stayed as chairman of Dell Inc
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by University of Limerick (2002).
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1999· 1 entry
Which focuses on causes related to health and education
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1998· 1 entry
Dell founded MSD Capital L
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1996· 1 entry
Dell started selling computers over the Web, the same year his company launched its first servers
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1992· 1 entry
Aged 27, he became the youngest CEO of a company ranked in Fortune magazine's list of the top 500 corporations
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1989· 1 entry
In Austin, Texas; the couple resides there with their four children
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1984· 1 entry
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1984–2004).
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1965· 2 entries
Born 1965-02-23.
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“(30 April 2018) We have a long history here of integrating the technologies closer together. This is what customers have been asking us to do. It is what we are doing. It is working extremely well. There is much, much more to come here. CRN:”
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