Michael Dell
Michael Dell · Economics & Business
Founded Dell from a university dorm room and built the direct-sales PC; with Susan Dell pledged $6.25bn in 2025 to fund savings accounts for up to 25 million American children
1965, Houston, Texas, United States
United States
Dell1984Michael Dell is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Founded Dell from a university dorm room and built the direct-sales PC; with Susan Dell pledged $6.25bn in 2025 to fund savings accounts for up to 25 million American children
Michael Dell founded Dell (originally PC's Limited) in 1984 from his university dorm room, pioneering the build-to-order, direct-sales model that reshaped the personal-computer industry. He remains chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies and is a major philanthropist. He was born into a Jewish family whose forebears emigrated from Eastern Europe. On GivingTuesday 2025 he and his wife Susan pledged $6.25 billion to place $250 in the Trump Account of up to 25 million American children aged ten and under in lower-income postcodes — what they describe as the largest single private commitment ever made to American children.
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Founded Dell from a university dorm room and built the direct-sales PC; with Susan Dell pledged $6.25bn in 2025 to fund savings accounts for up to 25 million American children
Source: Wikipedia — Michael Dell; CNN Business and CNBC, 2 December 2025
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