Michael Dell
Michael Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, an author sharing lessons on leadership, technology and building a business.
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Known for
PortfolioOverview
- Known for
- Founding Dell and writing about business and technology
- Started
- 1984, with $1,000 at age 19
- Breakout
- Youngest Fortune 500 CEO in 1992
- Books
- Direct from Dell; Play Nice But Win
Mini bio
How it started.
Michael started Dell in 1984 with $1,000, working from his University of Texas dorm room at 19. His direct sales approach helped turn a student business into a major computer company. In 1992, he became the youngest CEO to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Building through change.
He took Dell private in 2013, combined Dell, EMC and VMware in 2016, and brought Dell Technologies back to public markets in 2018. Alongside the business, he and Susan established the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 1999.
Sharing the lessons.
His books Direct from Dell and Play Nice But Win bring readers inside the decisions behind the company. He also publishes articles on technology and appears in long interviews about leadership, curiosity and the future of AI.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2021Play Nice But Win: A CEO’s Journey from Founder to LeaderAuthor with James Kaplan
- 1999Direct from Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an IndustryAuthor with Catherine Fredman
Awards
Quotes
Puzzles and math have always been important.Michael Dell, David Senra interview
October 12, 2025, discussing the curiosity that drives his work.
Trivia
- At eight, he applied for a high school diploma after seeing an advertisement for a graduation test. He stayed in third grade.
- He told David Senra that he used to take things apart around the house to understand them. They did not always work afterward.
- His mother saved the letters he sent home from summer camp in Wisconsin in 1976.
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