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{{short description|American businessman (born 1965)}}
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| birth_date = [[February 23]], [[1965]]
| name = Michael Dell
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| networth = {{profit}} $17.1 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] (2006)
| birth_place = [[Houston]], Texas, U.S.
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| alma_mater = [[University of Texas at Austin]] (dropped out)
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| spouse = {{marriage|Susan Lynn Lieberman|1989}}
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'''Michael Saul Dell''' (born February 23, 1965) is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of [[Dell Technologies]], one of the world's largest [[technology]] infrastructure companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Surrounding oneself with the best talent|url=https://www.industr.com/en/surrounding-oneself-with-the-best-talent-2465191|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Industr|language=en|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426115445/https://www.industr.com/en/surrounding-oneself-with-the-best-talent-2465191|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Michael Saul Dell''' (born [[February 23]], [[1965]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]) is the founder of [[Dell, Inc.]]
 
As of August 2025, according to ''[[Bloomberg Billionaires Index]]'', he is the 11th-richest person in the world with a [[net worth]] of $136 billion.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite news |url=
Dell is the son of an [[orthodontist]] and grew up in a well-to-do [[Jewish]] family. He went to Herod Elementary. He had his first encounter with a computer at the age of 15 when he broke down a brand new [[Apple II]] computer and rebuilt it, just to see if he could. Dell attended [[Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)|Memorial High School]] in [[Houston]], Texas, where he did not excel scholastically. Reportedly his government teacher, who is no longer there, commented to him that he "would probably never go anywhere in life," and upon her release in the summer of 2002 the entire school was outfitted with new Dells.{{fact}}
https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/michael-s-dell/|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Michael Dell |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |access-date=August 5, 2025}</ref> As of October 2023, according to ''Forbes'', approximately $50 billion of his net worth was derived from his 50% stake in Dell and 40% stake in [[VMware]], with the rest being held by his family office [[DFO Management]].<ref name="Forbes 2023 Donation">{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Phoebe |title=Michael Dell Just Made His Biggest Ever Donation Of Dell Stock |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2023/10/20/michael-dell-just-made-his-biggest-ever-donation-of-dell-stock/?sh=7f6f035741fb |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Forbes |date=20 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
 
In January 2013, it was announced that he had bid to take Dell Inc. private for $24.4 billion in the biggest [[management buyout]] since the [[Great Recession]]. Dell Inc. officially went private in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news| agency=[[Forbes]]| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-wont-have-michael-dell-to-kick-around-anymore/| title=Dell Officially Goes Private: Inside The Nastiest Tech Buyout Ever| first=Connie| last=Guglielmo| date=October 30, 2013| access-date=September 4, 2017| archive-date=August 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805173514/https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-wont-have-michael-dell-to-kick-around-anymore/| url-status=live}}</ref> The company once again went public in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E|title=Dell returns to market with NYSE listing|date=2018-12-28|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-05-05|language=en|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505191428/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dell-ipo-idUSKCN1OR14E|url-status=live}}</ref>
After graduating high school, he attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]] intending to become a [[physician]]. While at the university, he started a computer company called ''PC's Limited'' in his room in [[Dobie Center]].<ref name="speech">{{cite web |
author=Dell, Michael|
title=UT Commencement Address|
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url=http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/speeches/msd/2003_05_17_msd_commencement.pdf |
accessdate=2006-11-07}}</ref>
 
==Early life and education==
The company became successful enough that, with the help of an additional loan from his grandparents, Dell [[dropped out]] of college at the age of 19 to run to [[Dell, Inc.|Dell Computer Corporation]]. Over time, and despite a number of setbacks (including laptops that caught on fire in [[1993]], temporarily losing the consumer market to [[Gateway Inc|Gateway]] in the mid 1990s, and others), Dell survived to become the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world, with sales of US$49 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] and profits of US$3 billion in [[2004]]. As Dell expanded its product line to more than computers, shareholders voted to rename the corporation ''Dell, Inc.'' in [[2003]].
Dell was born in 1965 in [[Houston]] to a [[Jews|Jewish]] family. His parents were Lorraine Charlotte (née Langfan), a [[stockbroker]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100213162103/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070131_658871.htm?campaign_id=msnbc_dell Biography of Michael Dell.] businessweek.com (From The Associated Press; 2007-01-31).</ref> and Alexander Dell, an [[orthodontist]]. Michael attended [[Gary L. Herod|Herod Elementary School]] in Houston.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tweedie |first1=Steven |title=The yearbook photos of 13 famous titans of tech |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-tech-ceo-yearbook-photos-2015-5 |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Business Insider |date=9 May 2015}}</ref> In a bid to enter business early, he applied to take a [[General Educational Development|high school equivalency exam]] at age eight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael S. Dell |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/michael-dell/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Academy of Achievement |language=en-US}}</ref> In his early teens, he invested his earnings from part-time jobs in [[stock]]s and [[precious metal]]s.<ref name=Achievement>{{cite web|title=Michael S. Dell Biography and Interview|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/michael-dell/#interview|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224075737/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/michael-dell/#interview|url-status=live}}</ref>
On [[March 4]], [[2004]], he stepped down as [[chief executive officer|CEO]] of Dell but stayed as chairman of the board, while [[Kevin Rollins]], then president and [[chief operating officer|COO]], became president and CEO.
 
Dell attended [[Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)|Memorial High School]] in Houston, selling subscriptions to the ''[[Houston Post]]'' in the summer.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Carey, Jr. |first=Charles |title=American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition |publisher=Infobase Holdings, Inc |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4381-8214-8 |___location=New York, NY |pages=134 |language=en}}</ref> Dell's parents wanted him to be a doctor and in order to please them, he took up [[Pre-medical|pre-med]] at the [[University of Texas]] in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-09|title=Michael Dell|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197566|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629222650/https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197566|url-status=live}}</ref> Dell continued learning to target specific populations for newspaper subscriptions rather than just making cold calls.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dell |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell |title=Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry |author2=Catherine Fredman |publisher=HarperBusiness |year=1999 |isbn=0-88730-914-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell/page/4 4–5] |url-access=registration}}</ref> He discovered that people who were most likely to get a subscription were newlyweds and people moving to a new home. After collecting the contact information of this population from public records, he sent direct mail appeals and earned $18,000 in one year.<ref name=":3" /> He hired several employees, and after earning a gross profit of nearly $200,000 in his first year of business, Dell dropped out of the University of Texas at age 19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MichaelDell/status/975186931138080768?tfw_site=timesofindia|title=First financial statement for @Dell. The one I used to convince my parents that it was OK for me to not go back to collegepic.twitter.com/kKuGDsyvYZ|last=Dell|first=Michael|date=<!--6:47 PM - -->17 March 2018|website=@MichaelDell|access-date=2018-03-20|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214224845/https://twitter.com/MichaelDell/status/975186931138080768?tfw_site=timesofindia|url-status=live}}</ref>
Accolades for Dell include: "Entrepreneur of the Year" from Inc. magazine; "Man of the Year" from [[PC Magazine]]; "Top CEO in American Business" from Worth Magazine; "CEO of the Year" from Financial World and Industry Week magazines.
 
==Business career==
Dell resides in Austin with his wife, Susan, and their four children (ages 9 to 13).
[[File:PC's Limited Turbo PC (1984) signed by Michael Dell.jpg|thumb|A PC's Limited ''Turbo PC'' signed by Dell]]
==Philanthropy==
[[File:Michael Dell at Oracle OpenWorld.JPG|thumb|Michael Dell lecturing at the Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, 2010]]
While a freshman pre-med student at the [[University of Texas]], Dell started an informal business putting together and selling upgrade kits for personal computers in Room 2713 of the [[Dobie Center]] residential building.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2008-03-15|title=Proud Products: Michael Dell|url=http://www.tasb.org/schools/proud_products/michael_dell.aspx|access-date=2020-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315223203/http://www.tasb.org/schools/proud_products/michael_dell.aspx|archive-date=March 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>Kirk Ladendorf. "Dell remembers his beginning while looking toward the future" ''Austin American-Statesman''. November 27, 2011, pp. E1, E2.</ref> He then applied for a vendor license to bid on contracts for the State of Texas, winning bids by not having the overhead of a computer store.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dell|first=Michael|author2=Catherine Fredman|title=Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry|url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=HarperBusiness|isbn=0-88730-914-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell/page/9 9–10]}}</ref><ref>Larry Faulkner, President, University of Texas at Austin (2003). [http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/speeches/msd/2003_05_17_msd_commencement.pdf Michael Dell Remarks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040324192416/http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/speeches/msd/2003_05_17_msd_commencement.pdf |date=March 24, 2004 }}. dell.com</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2014/04/uts-famed-high-rise-dorm-where-dell-launched-to.html|title=UT's famed high-rise dorm where Dell launched to get $4 million makeover|last=Buchholz|first=Jan|date=2014-04-29|publisher=Statesman.com|access-date=2017-01-05|archive-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623170914/http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2014/04/uts-famed-high-rise-dorm-where-dell-launched-to.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In January 1984, Dell recognized that [[Direct selling|selling PCs directly]] to consumers could cut costs compared to traditional retail.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biase |first=Stephen A. Di |title=Applied Innovation: A Handbook |publisher=Premier Insights LLC |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-5054-1687-9 |___location=Chicago, IL |pages=379 |language=en}}</ref> He registered his company as "PC's Limited" and began operating from a [[condominium]], selling between $50,000 and $80,000 worth of PC upgrades, kits, and add-on components.<ref name=":5" /> Dell's strategy was to manufacture computers after receiving orders.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carbaugh |first=Robert |title=Contemporary Economics: An Applications Approach\\\\ |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-7656-4177-9 |edition=7th |___location=Oxon |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref> In May, Dell incorporated the company as "Dell Computer Corporation" and relocated to a business center in North Austin. The company employed a few people as order takers, a few more to fill the orders, and, as Dell recalled, a manufacturing staff consisting of "three guys with screwdrivers sitting at six-foot tables". The venture's capitalization cost was $1,000.<ref name=":5">{{cite book|last=Dell|first=Michael|author2=Catherine Fredman|title=Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry|url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=HarperBusiness|isbn=0-88730-914-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell/page/12 12–13]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-03-04-dell-doffs-ceo-role_x.htm|title=Dell founder passes torch to new CEO|date=March 4, 2004|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 6, 2010|first1=Michelle|last1=Kessler|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016211915/http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-03-04-dell-doffs-ceo-role_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During the formative years of Dell Computer, Dell was mentored by [[Morton Meyerson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henry |first=John |date=2022-02-18 |title=Morton Meyerson: A Business Legend Built in Fort Worth |url=https://fortworthinc.com/api/content/7e9a6cfe-8dc3-11ec-88aa-12f1225286c6/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Fort Worth Inc. |language=en-us}}</ref>
On May 15, 2006, [[The University of Texas at Austin]] announced a US$50 million grant from the [[Michael and Susan Dell Foundation]] to "bring excellence in children's health and education to Austin". The grant will enable the construction of 3 new facilities at the university. The first is the Dell Pediatric Research Institute which is expected to complement the new Dell Children's Medical Center nearby. The second is a new computer science building on the UT campus named Dell Computer Science Hall. The third is the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is intended to address issues that affect healthy childhood development.<ref name="50Mil">{{cite web |
author=Warden, Michael L.|
year=2006|
title=Michael & Susan Del Foundation Grants $50 Million to University of Texas to Bring Excellence in Children's Health and Education to Austin|
work=The University of Texas System - Press Releases |
url=http://www.utsystem.edu/news/2006/UTS-MSDFGrant05-15-06.htm |
accessdate=2006-05-18}}</ref>
 
In 1992, aged 27, he became the youngest CEO of a company ranked in ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine's [[Fortune 500|list of the top 500 corporations]].<ref name=NatPressClub>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2000/000608.mdell.html|title=Michael Dell|work=National Press Club Summary|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=April 16, 2010|date=June 8, 2008|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404081545/https://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2000/000608.mdell.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1996, Dell started selling computers over the Web, the same year his company launched its first [[Server (computing)|servers]]. By March 1997, Dell Inc. reported about $1 million in sales per day from dell.com.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dell eyes shipment milestone |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/dell-eyes-shipment-milestone/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=CNET |issue=2 January 2002 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dell|first=Michael|title=Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry|url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell|url-access=registration|author2=Catherine Fredman|year=1999|publisher=HarperBusiness|isbn=0-88730-914-3|page=xiv}}</ref> In the first quarter of 2001, Dell Inc. reached a world market share of 12.8 percent, surpassing [[Compaq]] to become the world's largest PC maker. The metric marked the first time the rankings had shifted over the previous seven years. The company's combined shipments of desktops, notebooks and servers grew 34.3 percent worldwide and 30.7 percent in the United States at a time when competitors' sales were shrinking.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kanellos|first=Michael|title=Dell beats Compaq for No. 1 ranking|url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-256143.html|publisher=CNET News|date=April 1, 2001|access-date=April 16, 2010|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026074225/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-256143.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Investing==
In [[1998]] Michael Dell founded [[MSD Capital LP]], a [[venture capital]] firm, to invest in various small companies on Dell's behalf. According to reports, the firm tends to invest in "late stage" investments, rather than early in a company's startup process.
 
On March 4, 2004, Dell stepped down as CEO, but stayed as chairman of Dell Inc.'s board, while [[Kevin Rollins]], then president and [[chief operating officer|COO]], became president and CEO. On January 31, 2007, Dell returned as CEO at the request of the board, succeeding Rollins.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/technology/01dell.html?ex=1327986000&en=51d4bc242b1c6e8f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "Dell Chief Replaced by Founder"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001933/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/technology/01dell.html?ex=1327986000&en=51d4bc242b1c6e8f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |date=November 4, 2016 }}, ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>
=="Shut Down Apple"==
Dell had a public war of words with Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]], starting when Jobs first criticized Dell for making "un-innovative beige boxes". On October 6, 1997, when Dell was asked what he would do if he owned then-troubled [[Apple Computer]], said "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."<ref>[http://news.com.com/Dell+Apple+should+close+shop/2100-1001_3-203937.html CNet]</ref> The feud has since appeared to be over as Dell and Apple reached an agreement for Dell's online store to sell [[iPod]]s. On January 13, 2006, Apple's [[market cap]] surpassed Dell's<ref>[http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2006/01/16.1.shtml MacObserver]</ref>, and has stayed that way since.
 
In 2013, Michael Dell with the help of [[Silver Lake Partners]], Microsoft, and a consortium of lenders took Dell, Inc. private. The deal was reportedly worth $25 billion and faced difficulties during its execution. Notable resistance came from [[Carl Icahn]], but after several months he stepped aside. Michael Dell received a 75% stake in the company.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guglielmo|first1=Connie|title=Dell Officially Goes Private: Inside the Nastiest Tech Buyout Ever|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-wont-have-michael-dell-to-kick-around-anymore/#7a52b1224fd2|website=Forbes|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805173514/https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/10/30/you-wont-have-michael-dell-to-kick-around-anymore/#7a52b1224fd2|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Dell Inc}}
 
On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to acquire the enterprise software and storage company [[EMC Corporation]]. At $67 billion, it has been labeled the "highest-valued tech acquisition in history".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34505553|title=Dell agrees $67bn EMC takeover|date=2015-10-12|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718213543/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34505553|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-12/dell-to-acquire-emc-for-67-billion-to-add-data-storage-devices|title=Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67 Billion|date=2015-10-12|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113085826/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-12/dell-to-acquire-emc-for-67-billion-to-add-data-storage-devices|url-status=live}}</ref> The acquisition was finalized September 7, 2016.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160907005946/en/Historic-Dell-EMC-Merger-Complete-Forms-World%E2%80%99s|title=Historic Dell and EMC Merger Complete; Forms World's Largest Privately-Controlled Tech Company {{!}} Business Wire|website=www.businesswire.com|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=2017-01-11|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104142018/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160907005946/en/Historic-Dell-EMC-Merger-Complete-Forms-World%E2%80%99s|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In May 2024, Dell announced a partnership with Nvidia and ServiceNow to develop "AI factories", aiming to provide scalable AI infrastructure solutions to enterprise clients.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Abdul |date=May 23, 2025 |title=Accenture, Nvidia, and Dell Technologies Partner to Capitalize on Growing AI Demand |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/accenture-nvidia-dell-technologies-partner-163524387.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMyHaQlOKz9Tf3MVG4xZJF2yyeZM3Z7gZs4LMulxFUhbxFAresU6ntslewKmcdPedJARCXd8Mv-4mo8ZVCEgUcOl9wN9xQnJq1iX_KQimJXbDpBbqEyIZ2gRuvcr-3b6fdemXNy2Qr-uttXUnK8rNcUnvLGDve82EWmZ6MWZ1cKr |access-date=May 28, 2025 |website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref>
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==Penalty==
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In July 2010, Dell Inc. agreed to pay a $100 million penalty to settle SEC charges<ref name="Sec.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2010/lr21599.htm|title=Dell Inc., Michael S. Dell, Kevin B. Rollins, James M. Schneider, Leslie L. Jackson, Nicholas A.R. Dunning|publisher=Sec.gov|date=2010-07-22|access-date=2011-01-26|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709080451/https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2010/lr21599.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> of disclosure and accounting fraud in relation to undisclosed payments from [[Intel Corporation]]. Michael Dell and former CEO Kevin Rollins agreed to pay $4 million each and former CFO James Schneider agreed to pay $3 million to settle the charges.<ref name="Sec.gov"/>
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==Accolades==
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Accolades for Dell include "Entrepreneur of the Year" (at age 24) from ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]'' magazine;<ref name="Inc. award">{{cite magazine|last=Richman|first=Tom|title=The Entrepreneur of the Year|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/19900101/4986.html#dell|magazine=Inc.|access-date=April 16, 2010|date=January 1, 1990|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331133022/http://www.inc.com/magazine/19900101/4986.html#dell|url-status=live}}</ref> "Top CEO in American Business" from ''[[Worth Magazine|Worth]]'' magazine; "CEO of the Year" from ''[[Financial World]]'', ''[[IndustryWeek]]'' and ''[[Chief Executive (magazine)|Chief Executive]]'' magazines. Dell also received the 1998 Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2013 [[Franklin Institute]]'s [[Bower Award for Business Leadership]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/michael-s-dell|title=MICHAEL S. DELL|date=October 3, 2014|publisher=[[Franklin Institute]]|access-date=2016-12-19|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142844/https://www.fi.edu/laureates/michael-s-dell|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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Dell serves on the Foundation Board of the [[World Economic Forum]], the executive committee of the International Business Council, the U.S. Business Council. He previously served as a member of the U.S. [[President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/bios/michael_dell?c=us&l=en&s=corp&cs=uscorp1|title=Michael Dell|publisher=Dell Inc.|access-date=28 April 2017|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220172554/http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/bios/michael_dell?c=us&l=en&s=corp&cs=uscorp1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In April 2020, Governor [[Greg Abbott]] named Dell to the Strike Force to Open Texas – a group "tasked with finding safe and effective ways to slowly reopen the state" during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/gov-abbott-introduces-strike-force-to-reopen-texas/285-b7a72787-706e-47f6-856d-0818909de8b9|title=These are the experts, leaders working with Gov. Abbott's strike force to reopen Texas|website=khou.com|date=April 17, 2020|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425021637/https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/gov-abbott-introduces-strike-force-to-reopen-texas/285-b7a72787-706e-47f6-856d-0818909de8b9|url-status=live}}</ref> He also serves as an advisor on the COVID-19 Technology Task Force, a technology industry coalition founded in March 2020 collaborating on solutions to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacox |first=Madi |title=Leadership |url=https://www.crttf.org/leadership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224202657/https://www.crttf.org/leadership/ |archive-date=2022-12-24 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=COVID-19 Technology Task Force |date=February 12, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Writings==
Dell's 1999 book, ''Direct from Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry'' (by [[HarperCollins|HarperBusiness]]), is an account of his early life, his company's founding, growth and missteps, as well as lessons learned. The book was written in collaboration with Catherine Fredman.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dell|first=Michael|title=Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry|url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=HarperBusiness|isbn=0-88730-914-3|author2=Catherine Fredman}}</ref>
 
Dell's second book, ''Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader'' (by Portfolio), is a story of inside battles that defined him as a leader. The book was written in collaboration with [[James Kaplan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reading recommendations: Paul Polman and Michael Dell have new books out|url=https://fortune.com/2021/10/05/reading-recommendations-paul-polman-michael-dell-ceo-daily/|access-date=2021-10-06|website=Fortune|language=en|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006052905/https://fortune.com/2021/10/05/reading-recommendations-paul-polman-michael-dell-ceo-daily/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Dell married Susan Lieberman on October 28, 1989, in [[Austin, Texas]]; the couple reside there with their four children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/suddenly-susan|title=Suddenly Susan|last=COLLOFF|first=PAMELA|date=2000-07-31|newspaper=Texas Monthly|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112144620/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/suddenly-susan/|archive-date=2016-11-12|url-status=live|access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref>
 
==Wealth and philanthropy==
 
In 1998, Dell founded MSD Capital L.P., later renamed DFO Management, to manage his family's investments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Miles |title=Dell Keeps LBO Financing in the Family With MSD Capital |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-31/dell-keeps-lbo-financing-in-the-family-with-msd-capital |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=Bloomberg.com |date=31 January 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Michael and Susan Dell established the [[Michael & Susan Dell Foundation]] in 1999, which focuses on causes related to health and education.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Phoebe |title=Michael Dell Just Made His Biggest Ever Donation Of Dell Stock |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2023/10/20/michael-dell-just-made-his-biggest-ever-donation-of-dell-stock/?sh=5479ecfd41fb |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Forbes |date=20 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=Direct From Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry|url=https://archive.org/details/directfromdellst00dell|url-access=registration|last=Dell|first=Michael|author2=Catherine Fredman|year=1999|publisher= HarperCollins Publishers|___location=New York, New York|isbn=0-88730-914-3|ref=dirdell}}
* Koehn, Nancy F. ''Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell'' (2001) pp 257–306.
* Magretta, Joan. "The power of virtual integration: An interview with Dell Computer's Michael Dell." ''Harvard Business Review'' (1998): pp-73+. [https://www.academia.edu/download/39852013/8.2_Delll.pdf online]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
 
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