Michael Dell
About Michael Dell
Michael Dell is chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which formed in 2016 via Dell's $60 billion merger with computer storage giant EMC.
Dell Technologies returned to public markets through a complicated financial restructuring in 2018 after Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners took it private in 2013.
Dell's cloud software arm, VMware, spun off in 2021; Microchip firm Broadcom bought it in 2023 for $69 billion, 39% of which went to Dell.
Much of Dell's fortune lies in his private investment firm DFO Management, which has stakes in hotels and invests in liquid corporate credit.
In 2025, Dell and his wife committed $6.25 billion to seed investment accounts for 25 million U.S. children with $250 apiece.
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02/23/65 (age 61)Number of children
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Drop Out, The University of Texas at AustinSelf-made
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Dell's DFO Management owns the Four Seasons Maui, plus indirect stakes in Applebees, IHOP, Calvin Klein and reportedly Grand Central Station.
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Broadcom Inc.NYSE | DELL-US
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