Michael Dell
Michael Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies. He started the company in 1984 with $1,000 at age 19 and became the youngest CEO on the Fortune 500 in 1992. He took Dell private in 2013, led its combination with EMC and VMware in 2016, and returned the company to public markets in 2018. Beyond Dell, he founded the family investment firm MSD Capital, now DFO Management, and established the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999. He is the author of Direct from Dell and Play Nice But Win, sharing lessons from building and transforming the business.
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Michael Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies. He started the company in 1984 with $1,000 at age 19 and became the youngest CEO on the Fortune 500 in 1992. He took Dell private in 2013, led its combination with EMC and VMware in 2016, and returned the company to public markets in 2018. Beyond Dell, he founded the family investment firm MSD Capital, now DFO Management, and established the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999. He is the author of Direct from Dell and Play Nice But Win, sharing lessons from building and transforming the business.