Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies. He is ranked as the 27th richest person in the world by Forbes, with a net worth of $31.0 billion as of October 2019.
- Michael Dell is the chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which was formed in 2016 when Dell merged with computer storage giant EMC.
- The estimated $60 billion Dell-EMC merger, which was finalized in 2016, was the largest technology acquisition ever.
- In late 2018 Dell Technologies returned to public markets through a complicated financial restructuring.
- Much of Dell’s fortune lies in his private investment firm MSD Capital, which has stakes in hotels and restaurants.
- In May 2017 Dell donated $1 billion to his foundation, which focuses on child poverty; it makes both impact investments and charitable donations.
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