Michael Dell
Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dellis an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers. He was ranked the 41st richest person in the world on 2012 Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth of US$22.4 billion as of December 2014...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 February 1965
CityHouston, TX
continue decided demand domestic export hardware india intended invest market meet requisite success talent target thanks unit
We have decided to invest in India in a big way to continue our success story, thanks to the availability of the requisite talent here. The hardware unit is intended to first meet the domestic demand and target the export market subsequently.
built internet model succeed
The open-source collaborative development model, I believe, is built to succeed in the Internet age, and it makes more sense than the proprietary model of some of our competitors,
decision location number state terms
We have been in discussions with a number of state governments in terms of infrastructure and logistics. We are yet to make a decision on the location of the plant.
direct focus found growth internal leading model services
We have found through internal growth and a disciplined focus on our direct model and by partnering with the world's leading services companies, we can essentially see this growth in an internal fashion,
economy expect fact gentle gradual predicting roaring
I don't expect that the economy is going to come roaring back in one quarter. I think it's going to be a very gradual and gentle recovery. And the fact is, we don't have a way of predicting this with any certainty.
level seen surprised
I was surprised to see IBM's level of competition, ... That's something we haven't seen from them in a long time.
couple half next performance
If we get half the performance in the next couple of years, I'll be happy,
based customers expect follow growth historical industry telling
Based on what customers are telling us, we expect sequential industry growth to follow historical trends, Y2K notwithstanding,
base broader business customer direct extended far government including last mix model moved online year
Last year we dramatically extended the capabilities of the Dell direct business model through opportunities with the Internet, ... Our online customer mix moved from a predominantly consumer-oriented base to a far broader base including business and government customers.
demise pc people predicting wrong
People have been predicting the demise of the PC for years and have been wrong for years,
exclusive relationship
Sure. We do not have an exclusive relationship with Intel.
consistent growth last percent seen
The 55 percent growth is very consistent with what we've seen over the last 14 years,
cheap mean
Just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's good.
computers familiar highly jobs require skilled today workers
Manufacturing jobs today require highly skilled workers who are familiar with computers and technology,