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
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.
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.
american-businessman good round seem twenty
Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers.
billion company expected faster growth overall percent relatively twenty
Twenty percent is significantly faster than we expected for the overall market, and 20 percent growth for a $32 billion company is relatively unprecedented.
cost volume
We don't see any big cost difference, and we know a thing or two about volume manufacturing.
faster growing linux
the only thing growing faster than Linux is Linux on Dell.
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,
good million north seeing several stuff
This was made in North Carolina, so you've got some really good stuff here, ... I think you'll be seeing several million more just like this real soon.
attract best bright engineers fantastic hardware opportunity software
We see this as a fantastic opportunity for us to attract some of the best and bright engineers for our software and hardware activities.
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,
ensure major push
We will ensure a major recruitment push in engineering talents.
believe both helped
We believe standardization has helped both Dell and our customers,
stay time
It's not the right time to do it now, but stay tuned,